Nemesis of strangely cheery man (4-5)
I believe the answer is:
arch-enemy
'nemesis' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'strangely cheery man' is the wordplay.
'strangely' indicates anagramming the letters.
'cheery'+'man'='cheeryman'
'cheeryman' anagrammed gives 'ARCH-ENEMY'.
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for arch-enemy that I've seen is " Principal antagonist".)
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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