A saloon fracas somewhere up North (6)
I believe the answer is:
barrow
'somewhere up north' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'a saloon fracas' is the wordplay.
'a saloon' becomes 'bar' (saloon is a type of bar).
'fracas' becomes 'row' (I've seen this in another clue).
'bar'+'row'='BARROW'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for barrow that I've seen before include "where items are sold" , "One-wheeled handcart" , "Cart for one of the three sisters" , "such as street-trader might have?" , "Cumbrian town" .)