Virtually everyone recognises badger initially as one (4)
I believe the answer is:
verb
'one' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.
'virtually everyone recognises badger initially' is the wordplay.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'virtually everyone recognises badger' is 'VERB'.
'as' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for verb that I've seen before include "The predicate of a sentence" , "Part of speech" , "Old-fashioned art, for example" , "Word that denotes an action or a state" , "Maybe protest" .)