Five iron missing? It's a dropped shot at shortest hole (4)
I believe the answer is:
four
'five' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both quantities as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'iron missing? it's a dropped shot at shortest hole' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'hole' could be 'o' and 'o' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'fur' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for four that I've seen before include "Two squared" , "Petit --, fancy biscuit" , "IV in Roman numerals" , "Cube root of sixty four" , "boat crew" .)