Stunner published, revered work (5)
I believe the answer is:
koran
'revered work' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'stunner published' is the wordplay.
'stunner' becomes 'KO' (a knock-out blow or KO stuns a boxer).
'published' becomes 'ran' (as in a newspaper running a story).
'ko'+'ran'='KORAN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for koran that I've seen before include "Muslim holy book" , "Sacred book of Islam with revelations of Muhammad" , "words to prophet" , "Islam's sacred book" , "Sacred texts of Islam" .)