Mood around capital terrifies first couple (7)
I believe the answer is:
climate
'mood' is the definition.
(I know that mood can be written as climate)
'around capital terrifies first couple' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'around' could be 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa') and 'c' is located in the answer.
'capital' could be 'lima' (capital of Peru) and 'lima' is located in the answer.
'terrifies first' could be 't' (1st letter of 'terrifies') and 't' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for climate that I've seen before include "Prevailing weather conditions" , "Atmospheric conditions" , "Atmosphere" , "Came lit (anag.)" , "Prevailing state" .)