Be brief, how does one make saga sag? (3,1,4,5,5)
I believe the answer is:
cut a long story short
'sag?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'be brief how does one make saga' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'brief' could be 'short' (similar in meaning) and 'short' is located in the answer.
'one' could be 'a' (a thing is one thing) and 'a' is present in the answer.
'make' could be 'cut' (cutting is a kind of making) and 'cut' is located in the answer.
'saga' could be 'story' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'story' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'long' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for cut a long story short that I've seen is " one way to avoid 27 [VERBIAGE] - with 16a".)