Step judge's taken over leftie oddly overlooked (4)
I believe the answer is:
jete
'step' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'judge's taken over leftie oddly overlooked' is the wordplay.
'judge' becomes 'J' (abbreviation for judge).
'taken over' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go above others).
'oddly overlooked' means one should take alternating letters (letters in odd-numbered positions removed).
The alternating letters of 'leftie' are 'ete'.
'j'+'ete'='JETE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for jete that I've seen before include "Dance manoeuvre" , "spring" , "movement" , "Jump" .)