Interruption initially shocking leading boy attendant (8)
I believe the answer is:
stoppage
'interruption' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'initially shocking leading boy attendant' is the wordplay.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
'leading' becomes 'top' (both can mean first-class).
'boy attendant' becomes 'page' (page can mean a boy servant).
The first letter of 'shocking' is 's'.
's'+'top'+'page'='STOPPAGE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stoppage that I've seen before include "Refusal to work" , "Onstruction in pipe or interruption in game" , "Mini-strike" , "break" , "action by strikers" .)