What able person is up to with little hesitation, being a scorer? (9)
I believe the answer is:
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'a scorer?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'what able person is up to with little hesitation' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'person' could be 'rat' (rat is a kind of person) and 'rat' is found within the answer.
'hesitation' could be 'er' (sound made while hesitating - um, er) and 'er' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'being' acts as a link.
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