Wooing of the Royal Yacht? (9)
I believe the answer is:
courtship
'wooing' is the definition.
(I know that wooing can be written as Courtship)
'of the royal yacht?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is present in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is present in the answer.
'royal' could be 'r' (abbreviation) and 'r' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for courtship that I've seen before include "Wooing of a mate" , "Attempt to win" , "romance" , "Period of wooing" , "judicial craft?" .)