Pop star exercising during epidemic (6)
I believe the answer is:
spears
'pop star exercising during epidemic' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'exercising during epidemic' is the wordplay.
'exercising' becomes 'pe' (abbreviation for Physical Education).
'during' indicates putting letters inside.
'epidemic' becomes 'SARS' (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome).
'pe' going inside 'sars' is 'SPEARS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for spears that I've seen before include "pop singer" , "Asparagus shoots" , "Stems of asparagus as weapons" , "Pointed stems of asparagus" , "asparagus perhaps" .)