Some memoir on Yeltsin as a form of satire (5)
I believe the answer is:
irony
'satire' is the definition.
(I know that satire can be written as irony)
'some memoir on yeltsin as' is the wordplay.
'some' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue (some of the parts of the word are used).
'IRONY' is hidden in the letters of 'memoir on yeltsin as'.
'a form of' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for irony that I've seen before include "The use of words which is the opposite of what they say" , "Gentle sarcasm" , "form of sarcasm" , "Use of words to convey the opposite of what they normally mean" , "Sarcastic use of praise" .)