Where to finish up in some distress? (5)
I believe the answer is:
epsom
'where' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'finish up in some distress?' is the wordplay.
'finish' says to take the final letters.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'distress?' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'distress' mean this).
The final letter of 'up' is 'p'.
'some' is an anagram of 'esom'.
'p' put into 'esom' is 'EPSOM'.
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for epsom that I've seen before include "Surrey racecourse" , "Racetrack" , "Racecourse near London" , "Derby area" , "track in Surrey" .)