Impudence of female doubled in the end (4)
I believe the answer is:
gall
'impudence' is the definition.
(I know that impudence can be written as gall)
'female doubled in the end' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'female' could be 'gal' (gal is a kind of female) and 'gal' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'l' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gall that I've seen before include "Impudence; bitterness" , "Brass nedk or bile" , "Sheer impudence from bladder?" , "Ill-will - bile" , "Impudence - annoy" .)