Mention effort raised to protect a sufferer from common illness (8)
I believe the answer is:
diabetic
'sufferer from common illness' is the definition.
'diabetic' can be an answer for 'sufferer' (diabetic is a kind of sufferer). I am not sure about the 'from common illness' bit.
'mention effort raised to protect a' is the wordplay.
'mention' becomes 'cite' (to cite is to mention or quote).
'effort' becomes 'bid' (bid is a kind of effort).
'raised' is a reversal indicator (going up in a down clue).
'to protect' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are held or protected).
'cite'+'bid'='citebid'
'citebid' reversed gives 'dibetic'.
'dibetic' going around 'a' is 'DIABETIC'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for diabetic that I've seen before include "Suffering insulin-related disorder" , "sufferer from disease in which body reacts badly to sugar or starch" , "With insulin deficiency" , "Acid bite for sufferer from common disease" , "complaint" .)
