Could a kid knock the stuffing out of him? (5)
I believe the answer is:
teddy
'could a kid knock the stuffing out of him?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'the stuffing out of him?' is the wordplay.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'stuffing' becomes 'dy' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'out of' is an insertion indicator.
'him?' becomes 'ed' (short for edward).
't'+'dy'='tdy'
'tdy' going around 'ed' is 'TEDDY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for teddy that I've seen before include "Stuffed toy" , "Stuffed bear" , "Cuddly toy" , "Bear - boy" , "plaything" .)