Criticise expert answer: will that fix everything? (7)
I believe the answer is:
panacea
'will that fix everything?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'criticise expert answer' is the wordplay.
'criticise' becomes 'pan' (informal term meaning to criticise heavily).
'expert' becomes 'ace' (ace can informally mean very good).
'answer' becomes 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A).
'pan'+'ace'+'a'='PANACEA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for panacea that I've seen before include "comprehensive fix" , "Remedy for all kinds of diseases or troubles" , "Cure-all in a canape" , "Cure for all things" , "fixes all complaints" .)