Naughty promises in burlesque? (10)
I believe the answer is:
impression
'burlesque?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'naughty promises in' is the wordplay.
'naughty' is an anagram indicator.
'promises'+'in'='promisesin'
'promisesin' with letters rearranged gives 'IMPRESSION'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for impression that I've seen before include "Imitation (of a person)" , "Feeling; print" , "Mark" , "opinion" , "take-off" .)