Complain of a cheating device? (4)
I believe the answer is:
crib
'complain' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'a cheating device?' is the wordplay.
'a cheating' becomes 'c' (this might be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'device?' becomes 'rib' (rib is a kind of device).
'c'+'rib'='CRIB'
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for crib that I've seen before include "Cheat by copying - card game" , "Nativity scene; copy illicitly" , "which animals inhabit" , "Cot; translation cheat" , "Plagiarise - Christmas scene" .)