After setback, golfer suppressing old expletive - or part of one? (8)
I believe the answer is:
syllable
'part of one?' is the definition.
'syllable' can be an answer for 'part' (syllable is a kind of part). I am unsure of the 'of one?' bit.
'after setback golfer suppressing old expletive' is the wordplay.
'after setback' is a reversal indicator.
'golfer' becomes 'els' (Ernie Els - former number one professional golfer).
'suppressing' indicates putting letters inside.
'old expletive' becomes 'bally' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'els' placed around 'bally' is 'elballys'.
'elballys' in reverse letter order is 'SYLLABLE'.
'or' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for syllable that I've seen before include "Single sounded unit of a word" , "A unit of spoken language" , "Division of word" , "Sounding part of a word" , "Unit of sound in word" .)