Strange times: aren't US elections won and lost here? (4,6)
I believe the answer is:
main street
'us elections won and lost here?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'strange times aren't' is the wordplay.
'strange' is an anagram indicator.
'times'+'arent'='timesarent'
'timesarent' anagrammed gives 'MAIN STREET'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for main street that I've seen before include "American novel" , "that divides many communities" .)