Derisory team acquires point (5)
I believe the answer is:
snide
'derisory' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'team acquires point' is the wordplay.
'team' becomes 'side' (both can mean a sports team).
'acquires' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'point' becomes 'n' (North).
'side' placed around 'n' is 'SNIDE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for snide that I've seen before include "Derogatory, showing malice" , "Maliciously mocking" , "Sarcastic" , "Mean, base" , "Indirectly mocking" .)