Scots hooligan embracing trouble is done (6)
I believe the answer is:
nailed
'done' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'scots hooligan embracing trouble' is the wordplay.
'scots hooligan' becomes 'ned' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'embracing' indicates putting letters inside.
'trouble' becomes 'ail' ('ail' can be a synonym of 'trouble').
'ned' enclosing 'ail' is 'NAILED'.
'is' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nailed that I've seen before include "Properly fixed" , "Fixed; lead in (anag.)" , "Fixed with a pin" , "Fixed with pins" , "Tacked" .)