Pressures to drop women's rowing race (6)
I believe the answer is:
eights
'pressures' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eights that I've seen before include "Rowing boat race, eight eight" , "Numbers for rowing crews" , "Sets of rowers" , "Boat race crews" , "88888" .)