Possible result of overworking a melody? (6)
I believe the answer is:
strain
'melody?' is the definition.
(strain can mean a piece of music)
'possible result of overworking a' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'result' could be 'train' (train is a kind of result) and 'train' is found within the answer.
A single letter 's' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for strain that I've seen before include "Tension and exertion" , "Sieve; breed" , "Overtired" , "Sift" , "variety" .)