Moves to take measures on moon against gutless nemesis (7)
I believe the answer is:
actions
'moves' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'take measures on moon against gutless nemesis' is the wordplay.
'take measures' becomes 'act' (synonyms).
'on' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'moon' becomes 'Io' (moon of Jupiter).
'against' says to put letters next to each other.
'gutless' suggests removing the centre.
'nemesis' with its middle taken out is 'ns'.
'act'+'io'+'ns'='ACTIONS'
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for actions that I've seen before include "It's said they speak lounder than words" , "what one's done" , "Gestures" , "Things done (instead of said)" , "They speak louder than words" .)