Verbally, a little hoarse? (4)
I believe the answer is:
foal
'verbally a little hoarse?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'verbally a little' is the wordplay.
'verbally' becomes 'fo' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'little' becomes 'l' (abbreviation for little).
'fo'+'a'+'l'='FOAL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for foal that I've seen is " A young horse for Olaf".)
I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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