Modifying word in clear piece of writing (8,7)
I believe the answer is:
definite article
'clear piece of writing' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'modifying word' is the wordplay.
'modifying' becomes 'definite' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'word' becomes 'article' (article is a kind of word).
'definite'+'article'='DEFINITE ARTICLE'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for definite article that I've seen before include "Maybe the" , "Black and white feature in paper" , "In English, it's always the" , "part of speech" .)