Days initially lost in broadcast confused situation (6)
I believe the answer is:
bedlam
'confused situation' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both states of affairs as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'days initially lost in broadcast' is the wordplay.
'days' becomes 'd' (abbreviation for days).
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'broadcast' becomes 'beam' (synonyms).
The initial letter of 'lost' is 'l'.
'd'+'l'='dl'
'dl' put inside 'beam' is 'BEDLAM'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bedlam that I've seen before include "Mayhem" , "Blames for uproar" , "Blamed for intolerable noise" , "Place of uproar or madness" , "State of extreme confusion and uproar" .)