Competitive karaoke on vacation with nurse (4)
I believe the answer is:
keen
'competitive' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'karaoke on vacation with nurse' is the wordplay.
'on vacation' means to remove the middle letters.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'nurse' becomes 'en' (abbreviation for enrolled nurse).
'karaoke' with its middle removed is 'ke'.
'ke'+'en'='KEEN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for keen that I've seen before include "Fervent" , "Longing" , "Quick" , "Eager - to lament the dead" , "mourn for the departed" .)