Is a trespasser cheeky, entering home with tenants on vacation? (8)
I believe the answer is:
intrudes
'is a trespasser' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'cheeky entering home with tenants on vacation?' is the wordplay.
'cheeky' becomes 'rude' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'entering' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'home' becomes 'in' (to be in is to be (at) home).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'on vacation?' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (after the inside letters have vacated the word).
'tenants' with its middle removed is 'ts'.
'in'+'ts'='ints'
'rude' going within 'ints' is 'INTRUDES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for intrudes that I've seen before include "Comes or joins in without being wanted" , "Imposes without welcome" , "Interferes" , "Enters uninvited and unwelcome" .)