Notice father back into trouble-making modification? (8)
I believe the answer is:
adaption
'modification?' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'notice father back into trouble' is the wordplay.
'notice' becomes 'ad' (short for advert).
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'trouble' indicates anagramming the letters.
'pa' reversed gives 'ap'.
'into' anagrammed gives 'tion'.
'ad'+'ap'+'tion'='ADAPTION'
'making' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for adaption that I've seen before include "The process of changing to fit or suit" , "Conversion" , "Adjustment to changed circumstances" , "Process of adjusting to new conditions" .)