Scowl, finding gold top inferior (6)
I believe the answer is:
glower
'scowl' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'gold top inferior' is the wordplay.
'top' indicates taking the first letters (in a down clue, the first letter is top).
'inferior' becomes 'lower' (similar in meaning).
The initial letter of 'gold' is 'g'.
'g'+'lower'='GLOWER'
'finding' is the link.
(Other definitions for glower that I've seen before include "Look hotly or angrily" , "shiner?" , "Look black" , "Threatening look" , "Not a good look" .)