Result of wound allowed to become a sort of fever (7)
I believe the answer is:
scarlet
'sort of fever' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'result of wound allowed to become a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'wound' could be 'scar' (I've seen this before) and 'scar' is located in the answer.
'allowed' could be 'let' (to let is to allow or permit) and 'let' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scarlet that I've seen before include "immoral" , "Cherry-red" , "Colour of embarrassment?" , "bloody?" , "Vivid red" .)