Linda Ronstadt's first poem translated into Malayalam? (10)
I believe the answer is:
palindrome
'malayalam?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'linda ronstadt's first poem translated' is the wordplay.
'ronstadt's first' becomes 'r' (1st letter of 'ronstadt').
'translated' is an anagram indicator.
'linda'+'r'+'poem'='lindarpoem'
'lindarpoem' is an anagram of 'PALINDROME'.
'into' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for palindrome that I've seen before include ""Mr Owl ate my metal worm", for example" , "Word reading the same backwards and forwards" , "Bob, perhaps" , "madam, perhaps" , "Mum, say" .)