Ridicule criminal and part-time worker starting trouble (8)
I believe the answer is:
contempt
'ridicule' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'criminal and part-time worker starting trouble' is the wordplay.
'criminal' becomes 'con' (abbreviation for 'convict').
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'part-time worker' becomes 'temp' (temp is a kind of worker. I am not sure about the 'part-time' bit.**).
'starting' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'trouble' is 't'.
'con'+'temp'+'t'='CONTEMPT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for contempt that I've seen before include "Scorn; disgrace" , "Disdain, say, perhaps of court" , "Disdain, scorn" , "Feeling of disdain, sometimes of court" , "Disdain or disrespect, perhaps or court" .)