One dropping in for example when Match Of The Day is on? (8)
I believe the answer is:
saturday
'one dropping in for example when match of the day is on?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'one dropping in for example' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'a'.
'dropping' becomes 'turd' (**).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'for example' becomes 'say' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'turd'='aturd'
'aturd' going within 'say' is 'SATURDAY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for saturday that I've seen before include "Jewish Sabbath" , "Part of the weekend" , "It's Samedi in France" , "Day named after the sixth planet from the sun" , "Ian McEwan novel about day of the week" .)