Reason to suspend soccer game? (8)
I believe the answer is:
softball
'reason' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'suspend soccer game?' is the wordplay.
'suspend soccer' becomes 'soft' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'game?' becomes 'ball' (ball game is a kind of game).
'soft'+'ball'='SOFTBALL'
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for softball that I've seen before include "sport!"" , "played by young American" , "game" , "Junior variant of baseball" .)