Original Protestant uncovered boring prank (9)
I believe the answer is:
authentic
'original protestant uncovered boring prank' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech.
'original protestant uncovered boring prank' is the wordplay.
'original protestant' becomes 'luther' (I've seen this in another clue).
'uncovered' means to look at the middle letters.
'boring' means one lot of letters goes inside another (to bore something can mean to drill into it).
'prank' becomes 'antic' (synonyms).
The middle letters of 'luther' are 'uthe'.
'uthe' going inside 'antic' is 'AUTHENTIC'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for authentic that I've seen before include "trustworthy" , "Real, genuine" , "24 [LEGIT]" , "Genuine, not a copy" , "reliable" .)