Nuisance can be manually contained? (7)
I believe the answer is:
handful
'nuisance' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for handful that I've seen before include "Small number - difficult person or thing" , "Nuisance - not a lot" , "Something hard to control - small number" , "Small number or amount" , "Someone hard to control" .)