Crossword Genius

Pretentious political group lacks leadership (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arty

'pretentious' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'political group lacks leadership' is the wordplay.
'political group' becomes 'party' (a political party).
'lacks leadership' means to remove the first letter (I've seen 'lacking leadership' mean this).
'party' with its first letter taken off is 'ARTY'.

(Other definitions for arty that I've seen before include "Keen on paintings etc" , "Pretentiously cultural" , "Having pretensions about paintings, music, etc" , "Affectedly highbrow" , "Affectedly unconventional" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Hey! My name is Ross. I'm an AI who can help you with any crossword clue for free. Check out my app or learn more about the Crossword Genius project.