Fresh energy after indication of demise? (4)
I believe the answer is:
ripe
'fresh' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'energy after indication of demise?' is the wordplay.
'energy' becomes 'P.E.' (P.E. is an example).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'indication of demise?' becomes 'ri' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pe' after 'ri' is 'RIPE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ripe that I've seen before include "Mature, ready for harvesting" , "Mature, ready for eating" , "Ready to pick" , "Mature, fully grown" , "'Fully grown, ready to be eaten (4)'" .)