The Clue
"Politics is the ___ of the imagination": Ian McEwan (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ENEMY
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Notes
The answer ENEMY is seen frequently, appearing about once every 140 puzzles.
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Hostile
Hostiles
Sworn ___
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Them, with "the"
Ally's opposite
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Hostile force
Hostile party
Ibsen's "An ___ of the People"
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Kind of fire
Kind of lines
Kind of territory
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Shooting target?
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Definition
ENEMY as a noun:
1. an opposing military force; "the enemy attacked at dawn"
2. (enemy, foe, foeman, opposition) = an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
3. any hostile group of people; "he viewed lawyers as the real enemy"
4. (foe, enemy) = a personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years"