Resin coating forged coin isnt revealing much (7)
I believe the answer is:
laconic
'much' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'resin coating forged coin isnt' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'resin' could be 'lac' (resin secreted by lac insects) and 'lac' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'coin' is 'onic' which is within the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'revealing' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for laconic that I've seen before include "Using few words, terse" , "Terse; pithy" , "Tersely spoken" , "without many words" , "Saying few words" .)