Unfair attempt to limit travel time on vacation (7)
I believe the answer is:
bigoted
'unfair' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'attempt to limit travel time on vacation' is the wordplay.
'attempt' becomes 'bid' (bid is a kind of attempt).
'to limit' indicates putting letters inside (outside letters limit or restrain others).
'travel' becomes 'go' (synonyms).
'on vacation' means to remove the middle letters (after the inside letters have vacated the word).
'time' with its middle taken out is 'te'.
'go'+'te'='gote'
'bid' placed around 'gote' is 'BIGOTED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bigoted that I've seen before include "I go into debt, being prejudiced" , "Not to be persuaded" , "Dogmatic" , "Illiberal" , "Refusing to listen to reason" .)