Music making Sarah somewhat sad? (5)
I believe the answer is:
salsa
'music' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'sarah somewhat sad?' is the wordplay.
'sarah' becomes 'Sal' (Sally is a common pet form of Sarah).
'somewhat' means to remove the last letter (some but not all of the word).
'sad' with its final letter taken away is 'sa'.
'sal'+'sa'='SALSA'
'making' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for salsa that I've seen before include "dancing?" , "Spicy tomato sauce" , "Dance or a dip?" , "dressing" , "Sauce; Afro-Cuban dance" .)