What developed air resistance filling muddy pond? (8)
I believe the answer is:
raindrop
'what developed air resistance filling muddy pond?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'developed air resistance filling muddy pond?' is the wordplay.
'developed' indicates an anagram.
'resistance' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'filling' is an insertion indicator.
'muddy' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'pond' with letters rearranged gives 'ndop'.
'r' put into 'ndop' is 'ndrop'.
'air' is an anagram of 'rai'.
'rai'+'ndrop'='RAINDROP'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for raindrop that I've seen before include "Spot of precipitation" , "Bit of a shower?" , "Bead of water from a cloud" , "marks start of downfall?" , "Falling globule of water" .)