They count for nothing (7)
'they' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are plural nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'count for nothing' is the wordplay.
'count' becomes 's' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'nothing' becomes 'nought' (synonyms).
's' after 'nought' is 'NOUGHTS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for noughts that I've seen before include "Zeros" , "Zeroes" , "More than once, zero" , "- - and crosses" , "Game played with pencil and paper" .)
'they count for nothing' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.
'they count for nothing' is the wordplay.
'they count' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'for' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'nothing' becomes 'naught' (synonyms).
's' after 'naught' is 'NAUGHTS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for naughts that I've seen is " Zeros".)