Resorts to initiating misery on bender with jerks (6)
I believe the answer is:
spasms
'jerks' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'resorts to initiating misery on bender' is the wordplay.
'resorts' becomes 'spas' (spa is a kind of resort).
'to initiating' says to take the initial letters (I've seen 'initiated' mean this).
'on bender' becomes 's' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The first letter of 'misery' is 'm'.
'spas'+'m'+'s'='SPASMS'
'with' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for spasms that I've seen before include "Sudden convulsions" , "Strong involuntary muscular contractions" , "Uncontrollable muscle contractions" , "Sudden muscular contractions" , "spells" .)