Contempt about part-timer (4)
I believe the answer is:
temp
'part-timer' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'contempt about' is the wordplay.
'about' says the answer is hidden in the clue (the clue goes around or about the answer).
'TEMP' is hidden within 'contempt'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for temp that I've seen before include "Short-term worker, in short" , "Short-term office worker" , "Short-time worker" , "Transient office worker" , "N on-permanent worker" .)