Misshapen ground next to school that's unsuitable for sporting events (12)
I believe the answer is:
gamesmanship
'unsuitable for sporting events' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'misshapen ground next to school' is the wordplay.
'ground' indicates an anagram ('grind' the letters into a new form).
'next to' says to put letters next to each other.
'school' becomes 'gam' (both can refer to a group of whales).
'misshapen' anagrammed gives 'esmanship'.
'esmanship' put after 'gam' is 'GAMESMANSHIP'.
'that's' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gamesmanship that I've seen before include "Art of scoring points" , "winning strategy" , "Art of winning by various ploys and tactics" , "Art of defeating opponents through psychology" , "Competitive guile" .)