Whatever involves verse's still put in book like this? (9)
I believe the answer is:
anthology
'whatever involves verse's still put in book like this?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'book like this?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'book' could be 'nt' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'nt' is found in the answer.
'like' could be 'y' ('y' can be similar in meaning to 'like') and 'y' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for anthology that I've seen before include "Collection of poems, etc" , "Book of selected pieces" , "Compendium of writings" , "Literary compendium" , "Collection of pieces by different writers" .)