Appreciate what Madame Tussauds' waxworks are lacking reportedly? (7)
I believe the answer is:
realise
'appreciate' is the definition.
(I know that appreciate has the is a more specific form of the action realise)
'madame tussauds' waxworks are lacking reportedly?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'are' is 'rea' which is located in the answer.
'reportedly?' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'lis' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'what' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for realise that I've seen before include "get cash for property" , "Achieve; turn into cash" , "Cotton on" , "Ears lie (anag.)" , "Understand - cash in" .)