Brief written up after scams Edward put together (11)
I believe the answer is:
constructed
'together' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, past participle verbs and adjectives sometimes mean the same thing.
'brief written up after scams edward' is the wordplay.
'brief' becomes 'curt' (synonyms).
'written up' is a reversal indicator.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'scams' becomes 'cons' (I've seen this in another clue).
'edward' becomes 'ted'.
'curt' written backwards gives 'truc'.
'truc' after 'cons' is 'construc'.
'construc'+'ted'='CONSTRUCTED'
'put' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for constructed that I've seen is " Built".)