Surprise unfortunately meant getting trapped in labyrinth? On the contrary (9)
I believe the answer is:
amazement
'surprise' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'unfortunately meant getting trapped in labyrinth? on the contrary' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'labyrinth?' could be 'maze' (synonyms) and 'maze' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'meant' is 'ament' which is present in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for amazement that I've seen before include "Great surprise" , "Shock" , "Astonished reaction" , "Astonishment, wonderment" , "Stupefaction" .)