The missing part of Hamlet's putdown? (4)
I believe the answer is:
slam
'the' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'missing part of hamlet's putdown?' is the wordplay.
'missing' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'part' becomes 'so' (so is a kind of part).
'of' becomes 'o'.
'hamlet's putdown?' becomes 'lam' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'so' with 'o' taken away is 's'.
's'+'lam'='SLAM'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for slam that I've seen before include "big contract" , "Shut (door) with force" , "Close noisily" , "Ambitious contract" , "Shut loudly and forcibly" .)