Gondola gets knight into position (4)
I believe the answer is:
punt
'gondola' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'knight into position' is the wordplay.
'knight' becomes 'N' (chess abbreviation).
'into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'position' becomes 'put' (synonyms).
'n' inserted within 'put' is 'PUNT'.
'gets' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for punt that I've seen before include "Pole-propelled boat" , "Boat; Irish ex-currency" , "Flat-bottomed boat propelled by pole" , "Pre-euro currency unit of Ireland" , "Bet (in old Irish money?)" .)