The Prodigy's nineties smash? (8)
I believe the answer is:
einstein
'the prodigy's' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'nineties smash?' is the wordplay.
'smash?' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'smashed' mean this).
'nineties' is an anagram of 'EINSTEIN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for einstein that I've seen before include "Famous physicist, mathematician" , "who strove for world peace" , "Set nine up for his theory of relativity" , "Albert -, famous scientist" , "Albert -, Nobel prize scientist" .)