Way the troublesome Mod gets around (6)
I believe the answer is:
method
'way' is the definition.
(method is a kind of way)
'troublesome mod gets around' is the wordplay.
'troublesome mod' becomes 'meth' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'gets' becomes 'pods' (podding is a kind of getting).
'around' says to take the centre.
The middle of 'pods' is 'od'.
'meth'+'od'='METHOD'
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for method that I've seen before include "Kind of technique, may be present in madness" , "Tidy way of doing things" , "Fashion" , "Modus operandi" , "Procedure for achieving an end" .)