Brief pause for US sportsman? (9)
I believe the answer is:
shortstop
'us sportsman?' is the definition.
'shortstop' can be an answer for 'sportsman?' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'us' bit.
'brief pause' is the wordplay.
'brief' becomes 'short' (synonyms).
'pause' becomes 'stop' ().
'short'+'stop'='SHORTSTOP'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shortstop that I've seen before include "Opening move" , "One in field" , "position in American sport" , "Fielder in baseball" , "Fielding position (baseball)" .)