Opening of song memorable, capturing hint of recordings such as old 78s? (8)
I believe the answer is:
scratchy
'as old 78s?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'opening of song memorable capturing hint of recordings' is the wordplay.
'opening of' indicates taking the first letters.
'memorable' becomes 'catchy' (something catchy is easy to remember).
'capturing' indicates putting letters inside.
'hint of' indicates taking the first letters (the smallest possible amount of the word).
The initial letter of 'song' is 's'.
The first letter of 'recordings' is 'r'.
'catchy' enclosing 'r' is 'cratchy'.
's'+'cratchy'='SCRATCHY'
'such' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scratchy that I've seen before include "bad-tempered" , "Playing badly" , "Itchy" , "(Of a voice) rough and grating" , "(Of sound) rough, grating" .)