Reaction to a terrible scare on the fifth of November (6)
I believe the answer is:
scream
'reaction' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.
'terrible scare on the fifth of november' is the wordplay.
'terrible' is an anagram indicator.
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'the fifth of november' becomes 'm' (fifth letter of the word 'November').
'scare' is an anagram of 'screa'.
'screa'+'m'='SCREAM'
'to a' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scream that I've seen before include "Funny person; cry" , "painting" , "Make a piercing sound" , "one causes great amusement" , "Assault victim's reaction, possibly" .)