Register lies on bed wrapped in petition (9)

Guardian Cryptic #29492 | 17 Across | 2024-09-19
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

[ BS(abbrev. for “bullshit”/lies/untrue talk or writing) plus ( on ) CRIB(a child’s bed/cot) ] contained in ( wrapped in ) SUE(to petition/to ask formally for something). Defn: …/to enlist to be a participant.

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