See contrary friend air anger about woman with ball of thread (7)
I believe the answer is:
ariadne
'woman with ball of thread' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'see contrary friend air anger about' is the wordplay.
'see contrary' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'about' says the answer is hidden in the clue (the clue goes around or about the answer).
'endaira' can be found hidden inside 'friend air anger'.
'endaira' reversed gives 'ARIADNE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ariadne that I've seen before include "heroine of labyrinth" , "Woman abandoned on Naxos" , "She aided Theseus against the Minotaur" , "daughter of Cretan king?" , "Woman abandoned by Theseus" .)