The goat that got rid of self-consciousness? (3)
I believe the answer is:
ego
'consciousness?' is the definition.
(I know that ego is a type of consciousness)
'the goat that got rid of' is the wordplay.
'got rid of' suggests deleting specific letters.
'the'+'goat'='thegoat'
'thegoat' with 'that' taken out is 'EGO'.
'self' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ego that I've seen before include "Self-confidence" , "One's sense of self-importance" , "Conceit - the Latin "I"" , "One's self image" , "Morale" .)