Melting away, no appeal with Scotland’s rising (8)
I believe the answer is:
ablation
'melting away no appeal with scotland's rising' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'no appeal with scotland's rising' is the wordplay.
'appeal' becomes 'it' ('it' can mean something attractive or appealing).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'scotland' becomes 'Alba' (Gaelic name for Scotland).
'rising' is a reversal indicator (letters written upwards in a down clue).
'no'+'it'+'alba'='noitalba'
'noitalba' in reverse letter order is 'ABLATION'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for ablation that I've seen is " Loss of material by melting or evaporation".)