Young ones the Maori engages, without gravity, without right (9)
I believe the answer is:
teenagers
'young ones' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'the maori engages without gravity without right' is the wordplay.
'the maori' becomes 'te' (I've seen this in other clues).
'without' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'gravity' becomes 'g'.
'without' means one lot of letters goes inside another ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'engages' with 'g' taken away is 'enages'.
'enages' enclosing 'r' is 'enagers'.
'te'+'enagers'='TEENAGERS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for teenagers that I've seen before include "Young people" , "Youngsters" , "They're aged between 13 and 19" , "Adolescents" , "They're between the onset of puberty and maturity, generally" .)