Lethargic Angel — Lacks Credits In The Sexual Act...

Actually — “angel” could be ‘cherub’ → remove ‘C’ (credits) → ‘herub’? No. “Angel” = ‘spirit’ → remove ‘C’ → ‘spirit’? No C.

I suspect this is a joke clue for (as in ‘angel’ lacks credits = no money = ‘A’ grade in sexual act? = ‘A’ as in top mark? Or simply ‘limp’? Final verdict: It’s not a standard cryptic without a setter’s answer key. As a literary fragment, it works best as a surreal, melancholic one-liner about divine or emotional exhaustion in intimacy. Lethargic Angel Lacks Credits in the Sexual Act...

More likely it’s a clue where the whole thing defines IMPOTENCE or FLACCID — but the phrasing is deliberately odd. 2. As a poetic / dark humor epigram A proper write-up in prose form: Lethargic Angel Lacks Credits in the Sexual Act Actually — “angel” could be ‘cherub’ → remove

Given oddness, maybe the setter’s intended answer: (lethargic angel lacks credits = no ‘C’? ‘angel’ = ‘seraph’ minus C? ‘seraph’ – C = SERAPH? no.) Or simply ‘limp’