State needing sycophants with no end of eagerness (5)
I believe the answer is:
yemen
'end of eagerness' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'state needing sycophants with no' is the wordplay.
'state' becomes 'me'.
'needing' says to put letters next to each other.
'sycophants with' becomes 'ye' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'no' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation y/n).
'me' put after 'ye' is 'yeme'.
'yeme'+'n'='YEMEN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for yemen that I've seen before include "Aden is found here" , "nation" , "Arab state" , "Arab country" , "Country between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden" .)