Pronounced poverty will irritate (6)
I believe the answer is:
needle
'irritate' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'pronounced poverty will' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'poverty' could be 'need' (I've seen this before) and 'need' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
(Other definitions for needle that I've seen before include "Provoke; pointer" , "Pointer - irritate" , "Annoy - syringe" , "Knitting item" , "peak" .)