Showing how dunderhead gets selected for team (9)
I believe the answer is:
displayed
'selected for team' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I can't see how one could define the other.
'showing how dunderhead' is the wordplay.
'showing' becomes 'display' (synonyms).
'how' becomes 'e' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'dunderhead' becomes 'd' (head letter of 'dunder').
'display'+'e'+'d'='DISPLAYED'
'gets' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for displayed that I've seen before include "revealed" , "Showed" , "Exhibited" , "Shown publicly" , "show" .)