Fake news meaning 'spin', losing me in mystifying work (9,4)
I believe the answer is:
finnegans wake
'fake' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'news meaning spin losing me in mystifying work' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'news' could be 'nn' (n is common abbrev for new, news can be plural) and 'nn' is found within the answer.
'me' could be 'i' and 'i' is present in the answer.
'work' could be 'w' (physics abbreviation) and 'w' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for finnegans wake that I've seen before include "book title" , "Knew insane fag (anag) -- novel by 5" , "Irish achievement" , "Book by James Joyce" , "James Joyce novel" .)