Magician spinning some ruse in Egypt (5)
I believe the answer is:
genie
'magician' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'spinning some ruse in egypt' is the wordplay.
'spinning' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'some' indicates a hidden word (some parts of the word are used).
'eineg' can be found hidden inside 'ruse in egypt'.
'eineg' reversed gives 'GENIE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for genie that I've seen before include "He came from Aladdin's lamp" , "Arabian goblin with strange powers" , "Magical being who carries out a person's wishes" , "Arabian jinn or spirit" , "Magic spirit" .)