Reason for not moving home affected irate neighbours (7)
I believe the answer is:
inertia
'reason' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'not moving home affected irate neighbours' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'home' could be 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in') and 'in' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'irate' is 'ertia' which is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for inertia that I've seen before include "Lack of movement" , "lack of action" , "Tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged" , "Reluctance to change" , "Stagnating state" .)