World's response when Conservative comes to fore (8)
I believe the answer is:
creation
'world's' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'response when conservative comes to fore' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'when' could be 'on' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'on' is located in the answer.
'conservative' could be 'c' (UK political abbreviation) and 'c' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for creation that I've seen before include "A thing made or invented" , "The making of something out of nothing" , "Establishment" , "Puzzlingly" , "Formation" .)