Crudely looks back on fresh depiction of recent events (8)
I believe the answer is:
newsreel
'depiction of recent events' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'crudely looks back on fresh' is the wordplay.
'crudely' becomes 'leers' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'looks back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (I've seen 'looking back' mean this).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'fresh' becomes 'new' ('new' can be a synonym of 'fresh').
'leers' reversed gives 'sreel'.
'sreel' put after 'new' is 'NEWSREEL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for newsreel that I've seen before include "Short film of current events" , "current events programme" , "In factual film" , "Short current affairs cinema film" , "Filmed report" .)