Playing without right faculty (4)
I believe the answer is:
arts
'faculty' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to thinking as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'playing without right' is the wordplay.
'playing' becomes 'as' (I've seen this in other clues).
'without' means one lot of letters goes inside another ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'right' becomes 'rt' (abbreviation as in Rt Hon- the Right Honourable).
'as' going around 'rt' is 'ARTS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for arts that I've seen before include "Master of --" , "Wiles, skills" , "Creative activities such as painting and music." , "Cultural subjects; skills" , "they may be performing" .)