Study on youth recalled damage to reputation (7)
I believe the answer is:
scandal
'damage to reputation' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'study on youth recalled' is the wordplay.
'study' becomes 'scan' (I've seen this before).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'youth' becomes 'lad' (I've seen this before).
'recalled' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'lad' in reverse letter order is 'dal'.
'scan'+'dal'='SCANDAL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scandal that I've seen before include "dirt" , "Outraging event" , "Shocking disgrace" , "disgraceful behaviour" , "Shock" .)