Like the girl who's coming first in the charm competition? (7)
I believe the answer is:
winning
'first in the charm competition?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'like the girl who's coming' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'girl' could be 'winni' and 'winni' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for winning that I've seen before include "Appealing" , "Attractive; coming top" , "Persuasive; on top" , "collecting cash?" .)