Milan side struggle with audience? (9)
I believe the answer is:
interview
'audience?' is the definition.
(I know that audience can be written as interview)
'milan side struggle with' is the wordplay.
'milan side' becomes 'inter' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'struggle' becomes 'vie' (to vie is to struggle or contend with).
'with' becomes 'w' (short for with).
'inter'+'vie'+'w'='INTERVIEW'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for interview that I've seen before include "Assessment of applicant - discussion" , "format for talk show" , "Question and answer session" , "encounter" , "to ask questions" .)