Religious pictures one disregarded as frauds (4)
'frauds' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'religious pictures one disregarded as' is the wordplay.
'religious pictures' becomes 'pro' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'one' becomes 'a' (a thing is one thing).
'disregarded' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'as' with 'a' taken out is 's'.
'pro'+'s'='PROS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pros that I've seen before include "Positive arguments" , "Opposites of cons" , "Persons with knowledge and skill" , "Arguments in favour" , "Sportsmen who are paid" .)
'frauds' is the definition.
(con is a kind of fraud)
'religious pictures one disregarded' is the wordplay.
'religious pictures' becomes 'icons' (I've seen this before).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'disregarded' is a deletion indicator.
'icons' with 'i' removed is 'CONS'.
'as' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for cons that I've seen before include "Swindles" , "Tricks" , "Arguments against" .)