Iron clothes in the morning for dance show (4)
I believe the answer is:
fame
'dance show' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'iron clothes in the morning' is the wordplay.
'iron' becomes 'Fe' (Fe is the chemical symbol for iron).
'clothes' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are clothed in others).
'in the morning' becomes 'am' (short for ante meridiem - before noon).
'fe' enclosing 'am' is 'FAME'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fame that I've seen before include "Notoriety or celebrity" , "Musical - stardom" , "14 [BOWIE] recorded this" , "Note" , "Renown, celebrity" .)