Plucky enough to be hunted? (4)
I believe the answer is:
game
'plucky' is the definition.
(both can mean enthusiastic or willing)
'enough to be hunted?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'be' could be 'am' and 'am' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ge' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for game that I've seen before include "Competitive activity with rules" , "Final declaration of tennis result - . . . ., set and match" , "Hunted wild animals" , "bet" , "venison, say" .)