Nasty fight with adversary when there are fewer people around? (9,5)
I believe the answer is:
graveyard shift
'there are fewer people around?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'nasty fight with adversary' is the wordplay.
'nasty' indicates an anagram.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'fight' after 'adversary' is 'adversaryfight'.
'adversaryfight' with letters rearranged gives 'GRAVEYARD SHIFT'.
'when' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for graveyard shift that I've seen is " work so late".)