Trick starts to go awry - one is beaten (5)
I believe the answer is:
conga
'one is beaten' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'trick starts to go awry' is the wordplay.
'trick' becomes 'con' (a con is a fraud or trick).
'starts to' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'go awry' is 'ga'.
'con'+'ga'='CONGA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for conga that I've seen before include "Snaking Latin American dance" , "Serpentine dance" , "Cuban dance of three steps followed by a kick" , "Line-dancing" , "Circuitous line dance" .)