As borne by a born weakling? (5)
I believe the answer is:
brunt
'as borne by a born weakling?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'by a born weakling?' is the wordplay.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a born' becomes 'b'.
'weakling?' becomes 'runt' (I've seen this before).
'b'+'runt' is 'BRUNT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for brunt that I've seen before include "Main force of a blow" , "Chief impact (of something bad) (bear the -)" , "Major force" , "The chief stress or strain" , "Principal strength" .)