For example, Botham's ball sport dropping peripheral nonsense (3-7)
I believe the answer is:
all-rounder
'peripheral nonsense' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'for example botham's ball sport dropping' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'ball' could be 'o' (O looks like a ball) and 'o' is found in the answer.
'sport' could be 'ru' (rugby union) and 'ru' is found in the leftover letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for all-rounder that I've seen before include "One with ability in many aspects of their trade" , "One skilled in many subjects" , "Versatile person" , "One good at several things" .)