Nowadays cats cry around field (6)
I believe the answer is:
meadow
'field' is the definition.
(a meadow is a field)
'nowadays cats cry' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'nowadays' could be 'ad' (AD, Anno Domini, as opposed to BC, Before Christ) and 'ad' is found within the answer.
'cry' could be 'meow' (meow is a kind of cry) and 'meow' is found within the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'around' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for meadow that I've seen before include "Tract of cultivated grassland" , "Paddock" , "A field of lush grass" , "Grassed field" , "A field of rich grass" .)