Semi-finals leading to German upset β a nail-biting finish? (9)
I believe the answer is:
fingertip
'semi-finals' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'leading to german upset a nail-biting finish?' is the wordplay.
'leading to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'german' becomes 'ger' (abbreviation).
'upset' becomes 'tip' (I've seen this in another clue).
'a nail-biting finish?' becomes 'fin' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ger'+'tip'='gertip'
'gertip' after 'fin' is 'FINGERTIP'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fingertip that I've seen before include "One of the points" , "Pointer" , ""hunt the thimble" location in the end?" , "One's used to feel" , "at which things are very familiar" .)