Foreigner allowed to finish first (4)
I believe the answer is:
lett
'foreigner' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'allowed to finish first' is the wordplay.
'allowed' becomes 'let' (I've seen this before).
'to finish' says to take the final letters.
The last letter of 'first' is 't'.
'let'+'t'='LETT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lett that I've seen before include "Native of Latvia" , "East European" , "Balt" , "Baltic citizen" , "northerner" .)