Fine stuff for sitting on in summer (4)
I believe the answer is:
lawn
'in summer' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'fine stuff for sitting' is the wordplay.
'fine' becomes 'mulct' (synonyms).
'stuff' means to look at the middle letters (I've seen 'stuffing' mean this).
'for sitting' becomes 'awn' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The middle of 'mulct' is 'l'.
'l'+'awn'='LAWN'
'on' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lawn that I've seen before include "Cultivated and mown grass" , "Stretch of grass" , "Grass, as for tennis" , "type of tennis" , "Fine woven cotton" .)