Crossword Genius

Reckoning as fools fellows in street (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

assessment

'reckoning' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'fools fellows in street' is the wordplay.
'fools' becomes 'asses' (ass is a kind of fool**).
'fellows' becomes 'men' (I've seen this before).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'street' becomes 'st'.
'men' inserted into 'st' is 'sment'.
'asses'+'sment'='ASSESSMENT'

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for assessment that I've seen before include "Judgement" , "Opinion" , "Examination" , "amount to be paid" , "Survey" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
Want a hint initially instead of a full solution? Install my app