Break favoured putter when playing? About right (9)
I believe the answer is:
interrupt
'break' is the definition.
(I know that break can be written as interrupt)
'favoured putter when playing? about right' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'favoured' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is located in the answer.
'when' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found in the answer.
'right' could be 'r' (common abbreviation) and 'r' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for interrupt that I've seen before include "Break the continuity of" , "middle of ashtray after burning slip gets put out" .)