Brilliant goddess in wood (4-4)
I believe the answer is:
five-star
'brilliant' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'goddess in wood' is the wordplay.
'goddess' becomes 'Vesta' (Roman goddess).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'wood' becomes 'fir' (fir is a kind of wood).
'vesta' placed into 'fir' is 'FIVE-STAR'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for five-star that I've seen is " Good quality (accommodation)".)