Describing former scheme by a politician (11)
I believe the answer is:
explanatory
'describing former scheme by a politician' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'former scheme by a politician' is the wordplay.
'former' becomes 'ex' (prefix meaning former or onetime).
'scheme' becomes 'plan' (synonyms).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'politician' becomes 'tory' (term for a Conservative Party politician).
'ex'+'plan'+'a'+'tory'='EXPLANATORY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for explanatory that I've seen before include "Serving to make something clear" , "Clarifying" , "illustrative" .)