Stubborn occasionally, that idiot's around wearing award (9)
I believe the answer is:
obstinate
'stubborn' is the definition.
(I know that stubborn can be written as obstinate)
'occasionally that idiot's around wearing award' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'around' could be 'o' (a round letter) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'wearing' could be 'in' (you are 'in' the clothes you're wearing) and 'in' is located in the answer.
'award' could be 'bs' (BS is an example) and 'bs' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'tate' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for obstinate that I've seen before include "headstrong" , "Inflexible" , "such as a mule" , "Like mules" , "Stubborn, obdurate" .)