Is it Man United playing away from home? (8)
I believe the answer is:
adultery
'home?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'is it man united playing away from' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'it' could be 't' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis) and 't' is located in the answer.
'man' could be 'ad' and 'ad' is found in the answer.
'united' could be 'u' (abbreviation) and 'u' is located in the answer.
'from' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for adultery that I've seen before include "Betrayal of a partner" , "form of betrayal" , "Moral lapse" , "Seventh Commandment infraction" , "Extramarital sex" .)