Be informed about, in a puff? (3,4,2)
I believe the answer is:
get wind of
'puff?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'be informed about' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'be' could be 'wind' (winding is a kind of being) and 'wind' is located in the answer.
'about' could be 'of' and 'of' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'get' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'in a' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for get wind of that I've seen is " Hear hint or rumour of something, on the breeze?".)