Is Cyril Scott finally recollected as a writer of music? (8)
I believe the answer is:
lyricist
'a writer of music?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'is cyril scott finally recollected' is the wordplay.
'finally' says to take the final letters.
'recollected' is an anagram indicator (letters recollected and rearranged).
The last letter of 'scott' is 't'.
'is'+'cyril'+'t'='iscyrilt'
'iscyrilt' anagrammed gives 'LYRICIST'.
'as' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lyricist that I've seen before include "Writer of words for songs" , "Person who writes words for songs" , "Word-writer for songs" , "Ira Gershwin, perhaps" , "The one who writes the words for songs" .)