Rope, all coiled, before end of key training exercise? (4-4)
I believe the answer is:
role-play
'training exercise?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'rope all coiled before end of key' is the wordplay.
'coiled' is an anagram indicator (letters coiled up).
'before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'end of' says to take the final letters.
The last letter of 'key' is 'y'.
'rope'+'all'='ropeall'
'ropeall' with letters rearranged gives 'rolepla'.
'rolepla'+'y'='ROLE-PLAY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for role-play that I've seen before include "Acting as psychotherapy" , "Pretending to be in an imaginary situation" , "pretend to be someone else" , "Acting-out of situations" , "Participation in acting game" .)