New dawn as rains cease spreading across North (11)
I believe the answer is:
renaissance
'new dawn' is the definition.
(both can mean a new beginning or rebirth)
'rains cease spreading across north' is the wordplay.
'spreading' is an anagram indicator.
'across' indicates putting letters inside.
'north' becomes 'N' (abbreviation).
'rains'+'cease'='rainscease'
'rainscease' anagrammed gives 'reaissance'.
'reaissance' placed around 'n' is 'RENAISSANCE'.
'as' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for renaissance that I've seen before include "revival of culture" , "revival starting in Florence" , "Rebirth" , "Time with hint of modernity" , "New birth" .)