Poor excuse for an empty police station! (3-3)
I believe the answer is:
cop-out
This clue might be a double definition.
'poor excuse' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)
'an empty police station' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for cop-out that I've seen is " Failure to face some difficulty squarely".)
I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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