Is Monet misrepresented in tiny but fundamental matter? (8,4)
I believe the answer is:
question mark
'is monet misrepresented in tiny but fundamental matter?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'is monet misrepresented in tiny but fundamental matter?' is the wordplay.
'misrepresented' is an anagram indicator.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'tiny but fundamental matter?' becomes 'quark' (type of subatomic particle).
'is'+'monet'='ismonet'
'ismonet' is an anagram of 'estionm'.
'estionm' put into 'quark' is 'QUESTION-MARK'.
(Other definitions for question mark that I've seen before include "Not believe the gospel" , "Query" , "What ends this" , "Expression of uncertainty" .)