Book German genius missing first international (12)
I believe the answer is:
frankenstein
'international' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'book german genius missing first' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'german' could be 'frank' (I have seen 'Old German' mean 'frank' so perhaps 'german' could also mean 'frank') and 'frank' is found within the answer.
'first' could be 'i' (I in Roman numerals eg Elizabeth I) and 'i' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for frankenstein that I've seen before include "that could ruin manufacturer" , "Animator" , "Mary Shelley novel" , "Mary Shelley's monster" , "disastrous inventor" .)