Skerrick of evil seen in mischievous antics (9)
I believe the answer is:
scintilla
'skerrick' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'evil seen in mischievous antics' is the wordplay.
'evil' becomes 'ill' (I've seen this in other clues).
'seen in' indicates putting letters inside.
'mischievous' is an anagram indicator.
'antics' anagrammed gives 'scinta'.
'ill' put inside 'scinta' is 'SCINTILLA'.
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scintilla that I've seen before include "Minute spark" , "Tiny, scarcely detectable amount" , "Tiny trace or amount" , "A spark; a trace" , "flash" .)