Important to avoid whiskey in old age? (6)
I believe the answer is:
eighty
'old age?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'important to avoid whiskey' is the wordplay.
'important' becomes 'weighty' (weighty can mean influential or important).
'to avoid' is a deletion indicator.
'whiskey' becomes 'W' (alpha bravo charlie delta ...).
'weighty' with 'w' taken away is 'EIGHTY'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eighty that I've seen before include "Cardinal" , "Several score" , "'Nineteen -- Four' (novel)" , "Around the World in - Days (Verne)" , "score less than a hundred" .)