Making firm comfort I should have around (13)
I believe the answer is:
consolidation
'making' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'firm comfort i should have around' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'firm' could be 'solid' (synonyms) and 'solid' is present in the answer.
'i' could be 'a' and 'a' is found in the answer.
'around' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for consolidation that I've seen before include "Act of combining into one" , "reinforcement" .)