S? Part of Scarborough or Southport? (8)
I believe the answer is:
seafront
'southport?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
's? part of scarborough' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
's?' could be 's' and 's' is found in the answer.
'part' could be 'front' (front is a kind of part) and 'front' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ea' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'or' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for seafront that I've seen before include "No faster (anag)" , "that's where the waves come in" , "promenade" , "Prom?" .)