Father's fur is not too bad (8)
I believe the answer is:
passable
'not too bad' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'father's fur' is the wordplay.
'father's' becomes 'pa's' (pa can mean dad or father).
'fur' becomes 'sable' (sable is a kind of fur).
'pas'+'sable'='PASSABLE'
'is' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for passable that I've seen before include "not hogging the road" , "Merely satisfactory" , "All right" , "Fair" , "Barely adequate" .)