Did he prophesy Sam stupidly getting out for a duck? (4)
I believe the answer is:
amos
'did he prophesy sam stupidly' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'out for a duck?' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates putting letters inside.
'for' becomes 'ams' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a duck?' becomes 'o' (resembles zero - 'duck' in cricket).
'ams' enclosing 'o' is 'AMOS'.
'getting' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for amos that I've seen before include "man" , "American wild dog" , "Biblical prophet and OT book" , "Old Testament prophet" , "Hebrew prophet" .)