One foolish enough to go away without finishing? (4)
I believe the answer is:
goof
'one foolish enough' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'go away without finishing?' is the wordplay.
'away' becomes 'off' (synonyms).
'without finishing?' means to remove the last letter.
'off' with its final letter removed is 'of'.
'go'+'of'='GOOF'
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for goof that I've seen before include "Blunder, mistake (slang)" , "foolish error" , "boob" , "Foolish mistake" , "In slang, bungle or blunder" .)