Ready to include north? People involved in it having second thoughts (10)
I believe the answer is:
sentiments
'thoughts' is the definition.
(I know this)
'ready to include north? people involved in it having second' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'north?' could be 'n' (abbreviation) and 'n' is found within the answer.
'ready' could be 'set' (set can mean ready or prepared) and 'set' is found in the leftover letters.
'people' could be 'men' (men are people) and 'men' is found in the answer.
'it' could be 't' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis) and 't' is located in the answer.
'second' could be 's' (common abbreviation) and 's' is found in the answer.
A single letter 'i' 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?