Left fool a bloomer, say (4)
I believe the answer is:
loaf
'a bloomer say' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with fundamental existence as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'left fool' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'fool' becomes 'oaf' (I've seen this before).
'l'+'oaf'='LOAF'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for loaf that I've seen before include "Mass of bread" , "` `Half a .... is better than no bread' '" , "Lounge about" , "brains" , "See 2" .)