Will the writer in EU lie about Germany coming first to power? (6,4)
I believe the answer is:
diesel fuel
'power?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'will the writer in eu lie about germany coming first' is the wordplay.
'will the writer' becomes 'self' (novelist Will Self).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'about' indicates anagramming the letters.
'germany' becomes 'd' (vehicle registration code for Deutschland).
'coming first' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'eu'+'lie'='eulie'
'eulie' with letters rearranged gives 'ieuel'.
'self' going within 'ieuel' is 'ieselfuel'.
'ieselfuel' after 'd' is 'DIESEL FUEL'.
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?