No easy time in court (5)
I believe the answer is:
trial
This could be a double definition.
'no easy time' is the first definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to natural events as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'court' is the second definition.
(trial court is a kind of court)
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for trial that I've seen before include "Legal hearing" , "Judicial hearing and judgment" , "competition" , "Legal proceedings or a test run" , "Criminal court case" .)