Analysis of chap facing madness (8)
I believe the answer is:
coverage
'analysis' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'chap facing madness' is the wordplay.
'chap' becomes 'cove' (British slang term).
'facing' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'madness' becomes 'rage' (synonyms).
'cove'+'rage'='COVERAGE'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for coverage that I've seen before include "news attention" , "Treatment of news" , "Extent reached by advertising" , "Media reporting" , "Press reporting" .)