Ruined in brutal public inquiry? (8)
I believe the answer is:
tribunal
'public inquiry?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'ruined in brutal' is the wordplay.
'ruined' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in'+'brutal'='inbrutal'
'inbrutal' is an anagram of 'TRIBUNAL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tribunal that I've seen before include "Assembly to conduct judicial business" , "examination" , "Court of arbitration - unlit bar (anag)" , "Adjudication body" , "Adjudicating board" .)