Crossword Genius

Exercise too much without shower in public (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overt

'in public' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'exercise too much without shower' is the wordplay.
'exercise too much' becomes 'overtrain'.
'without' is a deletion indicator.
'shower' becomes 'rain' (rainfall).
'overtrain' with 'rain' taken out is 'OVERT'.

(Other definitions for overt that I've seen before include "not disguised" , "Open, not secret or hidden" , "____ is able to be seen" , "Open and observable" , "Open,up front" .)

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