Suffering like Scrooge, perhaps, having lost pound (6)
I believe the answer is:
misery
'suffering' is the definition.
(misery is suffering or torment)
'like scrooge perhaps having lost pound' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'like' could be 'y' (similar in meaning) and 'y' is found within the answer.
'scrooge' could be 'miser' (Dickens' Ebenezer Scrooge is a miser) and 'miser' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for misery that I've seen before include "Wretchedness, suffering" , "Great distress or discomfort" , "Mental distress or discomfort" , "Torment" , "Woe, wretchedness" .)