Anyhow, he's not going to pot, so there!
'there' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'anyhow he's not going to pot' is the wordplay.
'anyhow' indicates anagramming the letters.
'going to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'hes'+'not'='hesnot'
'hesnot' with letters rearranged gives 'onthes'.
'onthes'+'pot'='ON-THE-SPOT'
'so' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for onthespot that I've seen is " immediately".)
'there' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs. Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'anyhow he's not going to pot' is the wordplay.
'anyhow' indicates anagramming the letters.
'going to' says to put letters next to each other.
'hes'+'not'='hesnot'
'hesnot' anagrammed gives 'onthes'.
'onthes'+'pot'='ON-THE-SPOT'
'so' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for on the spot that I've seen before include "In a difficult situation?" , "Live" , "without delay" , "Ball for a penalty placed here" , "Like a shot" .)