Riddle, jokey and odd, about religious figure (9)
I believe the answer is:
conundrum
'riddle' is the definition.
(I know that riddle can be written as conundrum)
'jokey and odd about religious figure' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is present in the answer.
'odd' could be 'rum' (rum can mean strange or dubious) and 'rum' is present in the answer.
'about' could be 'c' (abbreviation for circa) and 'c' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for conundrum that I've seen before include "anagram" , "Difficult problem" , "It's a riddle or a hard question" , "Puzzle, riddle" , "Puzzling question" .)