Panning chapter on organised crime -- it is lacking energy (9)
I believe the answer is:
criticism
'panning chapter on organised crime it is lacking energy' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'chapter on organised crime it is lacking energy' is the wordplay.
'chapter' becomes 'c' (abbreviation).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'organised' indicates anagramming the letters.
'lacking' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2).
'crime'+'it'+'is'='crimeitis'
'crimeitis' with 'e' removed is 'crimitis'.
'crimitis' is an anagram of 'riticism'.
'c'+'riticism'='CRITICISM'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for criticism that I've seen before include "Stick" , "Evaluation or fault-finding" , "Analysis and judgment of artistic work" , "Condemnation" , "Evaluation of a work of literature" .)