West shot the deciding goal (6)
I believe the answer is:
winner
'deciding goal' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'west shot' is the wordplay.
'west' becomes 'W' (synonyms).
'shot' becomes 'inner' (I've seen this before).
'w'+'inner'='WINNER'
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for winner that I've seen before include "Champion" , "One succeeds" , "Conqueror" , "The champ" , "film director" .)