Like novelist, runs into accountant who was unbelievably accurate? (9)
I believe the answer is:
cassandra
'was unbelievably accurate?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'like novelist runs into accountant' is the wordplay.
'like' becomes 'as'.
'novelist' becomes 'sand' (George Sand 1804-1876).
'runs' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation).
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'accountant' becomes 'CA' (abbreviation for chartered accountant).
'as'+'sand'+'r'='assandr'
'assandr' put within 'ca' is 'CASSANDRA'.
'who' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cassandra that I've seen before include "Prophet of disaster" , "Greek who predicted" , "whose predictions nobody believed?" , "Crass Dana as prophetess of disaster" , "Prophet not listened to" .)