Suitcase on bed before end of life — where one pegs out (8)
I believe the answer is:
cribbage
'one pegs out' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'suitcase on bed before end of life' is the wordplay.
'suitcase' becomes 'bag' (synonyms).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'bed before' becomes 'crib' (bed for a child. I am not sure about the 'before' bit.).
'end of' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letter of 'life' is 'e'.
'bag' put after 'crib' is 'cribbag'.
'cribbag'+'e'='CRIBBAGE'
'where' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cribbage that I've seen before include "Card game for two to four players" , "activity for couple sitting at table" , "Card game scored with pegs" , "SPORT/GAME" , "Card game with a winning score of 121" .)