Is dishonest politician investing francs in account? (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
life story
'account?' is the definition.
(I know that life story is a type of account)
'is dishonest politician investing francs' is the wordplay.
'is dishonest' becomes 'lies' (to lie is to be dishonest).
'politician' becomes 'tory' (term for a Conservative Party politician).
'investing' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are taken in or invested).
'francs' becomes 'f' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'lies'+'tory'='liestory'
'liestory' enclosing 'f' is 'LIFE-STORY'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for life story that I've seen before include "Biography" , "Autobiography" .)