A position where ball stops following attempt? (6)
I believe the answer is:
goalie
'a position' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'ball stops following attempt?' is the wordplay.
'ball stops' becomes 'alie' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'following' says to put letters next to each other.
'attempt?' becomes 'go' (go is a kind of attempt).
'alie' after 'go' is 'GOALIE'.
'where' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for goalie that I've seen before include "Soccer player who protects the target" , "Football team member" , "Football player" , "Netkeeper, in short" , "On-field custodian" .)