Mark's intense struggle with scientist playing God (12)
I believe the answer is:
frankenstein
'mark's' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'intense struggle with scientist playing god' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'intense' is 'enstein' which is within the answer.
'god' could be 'ra' (Egyptian god) and 'ra' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for frankenstein that I've seen before include "Monster inventor" , "Monster creator (M. Shelley)" , "Mary Shelley's monster" , "Animator" , "disastrous inventor" .)