Where one might go with degree, given a difficult time (10)
I believe the answer is:
incommoded
'given a difficult time' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'where one might go with degree' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'one' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is found within the answer.
'degree' could be 'ded' (DEd is an example) and 'ded' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for incommoded that I've seen is " Inconvenienced".)