Writers in wartime possibly being censored badly (8)
I believe the answer is:
encoders
'writers in wartime possibly' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'censored badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram (letters in the wrong order).
'censored' with letters rearranged gives 'ENCODERS'.
'being' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for encoders that I've seen before include "Encipherers" , "Cipher experts" .)