Scholar coming in to approve certain extracts
I believe the answer is:
passages
'certain extracts' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'scholar coming in to approve' is the wordplay.
'scholar' becomes 'sage' (both can mean a wise person).
'coming in to' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'approve' becomes 'pass' (I've seen this before).
'sage' inserted into 'pass' is 'PASSAGES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for passages that I've seen before include "Sections of a text" , "parts of text" , "Paths between buildings" , "sections of the speech" , "Corridors, ways through" .)