Fat fool keeping almost emaciated First Lady very close (5,2,7)
I believe the answer is:
thick as thieves
'close' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'fat fool keeping almost emaciated first lady' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'fat' could be 'thick' (similar in meaning) and 'thick' is found in the answer.
'first' could be 'i' (Roman numeral for one or first) and 'i' is present in the answer.
'lady' could be 'eve' (woman's name) and 'eve' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'very' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for thick as thieves that I've seen is " Friendly".)