Show signs of wear after a fine fight (6)
I believe the answer is:
affray
'show signs of wear' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'after a fine fight' is the wordplay.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'fine' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'fight' becomes 'fray' (fray is a kind of fight).
'a' put next to 'f' is 'af'.
'af'+'fray'='AFFRAY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for affray that I've seen before include "Noisy quarrel" , "Noisy disturbance" , "Brawl, disturbance" , "A fight or riot in public" , "Fracas, noisy fight" .)