Contest for comedians? (6,2,4)
I believe the answer is:
battle of wits
'contest' is the definition.
(battle of wits is a kind of contest)
'comedians?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'comedians?' could be 'wits' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'wits' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for battle of wits that I've seen before include "Intelligent rivalry" , "Mental duel" .)