Like a fielder’s foolish point? (5)
I believe the answer is:
silly
'foolish point?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'like a fielder's' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'like' could be 'ly' ('ly' can be similar in meaning to 'like') and 'ly' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for silly that I've seen before include "Absurd" , "Inane; very close (fielder)" , "Goose" , "Preposterous" , "near the batsman" .)