Medic wasted not a minute getting papers (13)
I believe the answer is:
documentation
'papers' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'medic wasted not a minute' is the wordplay.
'medic' becomes 'doc' (doctor).
'wasted' is an anagram indicator.
'not'+'a'+'minute'='notaminute'
'notaminute' is an anagram of 'umentation'.
'doc'+'umentation'='DOCUMENTATION'
'getting' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for documentation that I've seen before include "Written papers" , "paperwork" .)