When rioting her allies cause much trouble (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
raise hell
'much trouble' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'when rioting her allies' is the wordplay.
'when rioting' indicates an anagram.
'her'+'allies'='herallies'
'herallies' anagrammed gives 'RAISE HELL'.
'cause' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for raise hell that I've seen before include "create discord" , "create commotion" , "Complain in the strongest possible terms" , "complain vociferously" , "Make trouble" .)