Involuntary action including banter ending badly? (6)
I believe the answer is:
tragic
'involuntary' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'action including banter ending badly?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'action' could be 'rag' (rag is a kind of action) and 'rag' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'tic' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tragic that I've seen before include "Characterised by extreme distress or sorrow" , "Mournful" , "Involving grief of death or destruction" , "Extremely sad and distressing" , "Ill-fated" .)