Location of writing? No record when consumed by candle (9)
I believe the answer is:
notepaper
'location of writing?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'no record when consumed by candle' is the wordplay.
'record when' becomes 'ep' (abbreviation for extended play record. I am not sure about the 'when' bit.).
'consumed by' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters get consumed).
'candle' becomes 'taper' (synonyms).
'ep' going inside 'taper' is 'tepaper'.
'no'+'tepaper'='NOTEPAPER'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for notepaper that I've seen before include "Letters are sent on it" , "Sheets for writing" , "Whereon Handel may have written" , "What Handel used to write" , "Correspondence on this" .)