Liked the ultimate success of a show jumper? (8)
I believe the answer is:
eventual
'liked the ultimate success' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs can occasionally mean the same thing.
'show jumper?' is the wordplay.
'show' becomes 'event' (event can mean a show or exhibition).
'jumper?' becomes 'ual' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'event'+'ual'='EVENTUAL'
'of a' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eventual that I've seen before include "Ultimately resulting" , "Occurring after some time" , "Happening in due course" , "'Inevitable, with time (8)'" , "Net value (anag.)" .)