Journalist inspires group of women in Scottish town (6)
I believe the answer is:
hawick
'scottish town' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'journalist inspires group of women' is the wordplay.
'journalist' becomes 'hack' (hack can informally mean a journalist).
'inspires' indicates putting letters inside (inspire means to breathe in).
'group of women' becomes 'WI' (Women's Institute).
'hack' enclosing 'wi' is 'HAWICK'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for hawick that I've seen is " border town".)