Confused tale about a bit of danger (6)
I believe the answer is:
tangle
'a bit of danger' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
'confused tale about' is the wordplay.
'confused' becomes 'ng' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'ng' going inside 'tale' is 'TANGLE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tangle that I've seen before include "Twist together; seaweed" , "Mix-up" , "Trap < tall guy from Perth" , "Jumble" , "Enmesh, snarl up" .)