Heavily criticise article about memorial to the dead? (8)
I believe the answer is:
pantheon
'memorial to the dead?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'heavily criticise article about' is the wordplay.
'heavily criticise' becomes 'pan' (informal term meaning to criticise heavily. I am not sure about the 'heavily' bit.).
'article' becomes 'the' (the 'definite article' part of speech).
'about' becomes 'on'.
'pan'+'the'+'on'='PANTHEON'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pantheon that I've seen before include "Ancient Roman temple" , "Temple dedicated to all the gods" , "Roman building" , "building that was built to honour gods" , "Group of greats" .)