Want of sophistication in arena I ‘ve tested (7)
I believe the answer is:
naivete
'want of sophistication' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'in arena i 've tested' is the wordplay.
'in' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'NAIVETE' is hidden in the letters of 'arena i ve tested'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for naivete that I've seen before include "Greenness" , "Ingenuosity" , "Quality of the simple" , "Being green" , "lack of sophistication" .)