Classic published about which written huge pile of notes, work recited (3,3,5)
I believe the answer is:
war and peace
'classic' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'published about which written huge pile of notes work recited' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'published' could be 'ran' (as in a newspaper running a story) and 'ran' is found within the answer.
'about' could be 'c' (circa) and 'c' is located in the answer.
'pile' could be 'wad' (synonyms) and 'wad' is found within the leftover letters.
'notes' could be 'ea' and 'ea' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for war and peace that I've seen before include "Wee panda car (anag) -- novel by 18" , "Tolstoy epic" , "Book by Tolstoy" , "work" , "Tolstoy novel" .)