Response when Conservative rises in the world (8)
I believe the answer is:
creation
'world' is the definition.
(I know that world can be written as creation)
'response when conservative rises in the' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'when' could be 'on' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'on' is located in the answer.
'conservative' could be 'c' (UK political abbreviation) and 'c' is present in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for creation that I've seen before include "Dawn of time" , "The making of something out of nothing" , "work" , "A thing made or invented" , "Life, the universe and everything" .)