Game at home: golf is similar (8)
I believe the answer is:
matching
'similar' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'game at home golf' is the wordplay.
'game' becomes 'match' (eg a football match).
'at home' becomes 'in' ('I'm in' can mean 'I'm at home').
'golf' becomes 'g' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'match'+'in'+'g'='MATCHING'
'is' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for matching that I've seen before include "Co-ordinated in pattern or colour, say" , "Designedly compatible" , "Corresponding" .)