Show unwelcome interest in spoon bending (5)
I believe the answer is:
snoop
'show unwelcome interest' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'spoon bending' is the wordplay.
'bending' is an anagram indicator.
'spoon' is an anagram of 'SNOOP'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for snoop that I've seen before include "Informally, pry inquisitively" , "Stick one's nose in" , "Furtively look around" , "Furtively investigate" , "-- Dogg, US rapper; spy" .)