Magpies, twenty nearly, caused Neil to be agitated (9,6)
I believe the answer is:
newcastle united
'magpies twenty nearly caused neil to be agitated' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'twenty nearly caused neil to be agitated' is the wordplay.
'nearly' means to remove the last letter.
'to be agitated' indicates an anagram.
'twenty' with its last letter removed is 'twent'.
'twent'+'caused'+'neil'='twentcausedneil'
'twentcausedneil' anagrammed gives 'NEWCASTLE UNITED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for newcastle united that I've seen before include "Tyneside football team" , "Sports team" .)