Goddesses start to notice anger rising for sure (7)
I believe the answer is:
erinyes
'goddesses' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are plural nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'start to notice anger rising for sure' is the wordplay.
'start to' indicates taking the first letters.
'anger' becomes 'ire' (ire is intense rage).
'rising' says the letters should be written backwards (letters written upwards in a down clue).
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'sure' becomes 'yes' (both are affirmative answers).
The initial letter of 'notice' is 'n'.
'n'+'ire'='nire'
'nire' reversed gives 'erin'.
'erin'+'yes'='ERINYES'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for erinyes that I've seen before include "Furies (Greek myth)" , "Snake-haired goddesses" , "Fury repeatedly" , "Monsters" , "Snake-haired creatures" .)