Is she too young to be catty? (5)
I believe the answer is:
kitty
'be catty?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'is she too young' is the wordplay.
'is she' becomes 'Kit'.
'too young' becomes 'ty' (this could be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'kit'+'ty'='KITTY'
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kitty that I've seen before include "Tom's mate" , "Collection of money" , "Young domestic pet" , "Pool of money - how Anne Frank addressed her diary" , "One part of litter queen dropped" .)