Payback for lefty stifling light-hearted enjoyment (6)
I believe the answer is:
refund
'payback' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'lefty stifling light-hearted enjoyment' is the wordplay.
'lefty' becomes 'red' (red can mean a left-wing person).
'stifling' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters get stifled or contained).
'light-hearted enjoyment' becomes 'fun' (enjoyable activities. I am not sure about the 'light-hearted' bit.).
'red' going around 'fun' is 'REFUND'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for refund that I've seen before include "Money returned" , "Give back" , "Cash back" , "money to be paid back" .)