Warriors close to Ugrit — judge hiding among horses (7)
I believe the answer is:
trojans
'warriors' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'close to ugrit judge hiding among horses' is the wordplay.
'close to' suggests the final letters (the close of something is the end).
'judge' becomes 'J' (abbreviation for judge).
'hiding among' indicates putting letters inside.
'horses' becomes 'roans' (roan is a kind of horse).
The last letter of 'ugrit' is 't'.
'j' put into 'roans' is 'rojans'.
't'+'rojans'='TROJANS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for trojans that I've seen before include "Hard workers" , "noted for hard work" , "People of Paris" , "Citizens of ancient city in Asia Minor invaded by Wooden Horse" , "Hard-working types" .)