Department of Defense withdrawing registration for one shirking draft, say (6)
I believe the answer is:
dodger
'shirking draft say' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'department of defense withdrawing registration for one' is the wordplay.
'department of defense' becomes 'DoD' (synonyms).
'withdrawing' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'registration' becomes 'r' (this might be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'for one' becomes 'eg' (both can mean 'for example').
'r'+'eg'='reg'
'reg' written backwards gives 'ger'.
'dod'+'ger'='DODGER'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dodger that I've seen before include "The Artful . . . . . . was Oliver Twist's friend" , "Dickens created an Artful . . . . . ." , "Dickens boy was an Artful one" , "Oliver's pal was an Artful one" , "Oliver is the artful one" .)