Run to forestall missing a lively character? (9)
I believe the answer is:
extravert
'lively character?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'run to forestall missing a' is the wordplay.
'run' becomes 'extra' (cricket run).
'to forestall' becomes 'avert' (averting is a kind of forestalling).
'missing' is a deletion indicator.
'avert' with 'a' taken away is 'vert'.
'extra'+'vert'='EXTRAVERT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for extravert that I've seen before include "High-spirited" , "Socially confident sort" , "cordial?" , "Very sociable" , "Outgoing" .)