Like a little boy afraid to finish? (5)
I believe the answer is:
timid
'like' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'a little boy afraid to finish?' is the wordplay.
'a little boy' becomes 'timi' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to finish?' suggests the final letters (I've seen 'finish of' mean this).
The final letter of 'afraid' is 'd'.
'timi'+'d'='TIMID'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for timid that I've seen before include "Nervous and easily alarmed" , "Inclined to avoid people" , "doormat" , "afraid to speak out?" , "Mouse" .)