Competition in pub ending in bad language and drama? (5)
I believe the answer is:
darts
'competition in pub' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'ending in bad language and drama?' is the wordplay.
'ending in' indicates one should take the final letters.
'language' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'drama?' becomes 'art' (drama is an art).
The last letter of 'bad' is 'd'.
's' after 'art' is 'arts'.
'd'+'arts'='DARTS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for darts that I've seen before include "Traditional pub game" , "Game in which missiles are thrown at target" , "Tears" , "Game; moves quickly" , "Shoots" .)