Rancour when a pest somehow gets out of line? (5)
I believe the answer is:
spite
'rancour' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a pest somehow gets out of line?' is the wordplay.
'somehow' is an anagram indicator.
'gets' indicates putting letters inside (gets can mean captures or absorbs).
'out of line?' becomes 'i' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'pest' is an anagram of 'spte'.
'spte' going around 'i' is 'SPITE'.
'when' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for spite that I've seen before include "Desire to intentionally and maliciously hurt or offend" , "animosity" , "Malicious desire to hurt or humiliate" , "Rancour" , "Venom" .)