Make an effort with quiet youth leader who seems disinclined to help out (7)
I believe the answer is:
workshy
'quiet youth leader who seems disinclined to help out' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'make an effort' is the wordplay.
'make' becomes 'work' (working is a kind of making).
'an effort' becomes 'shy' (shy is a kind of effort).
'work'+'shy'='WORKSHY'
'with' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for workshy that I've seen before include "Disinclined to labour" , "Inclined to laziness" , "Avoiding labour, lazy" , "Inclined to stay at home?" , "Disinclined to exert oneself - bashful" .)