Reporter’s lament about going after rascal conducting scam (9)
I believe the answer is:
raconteur
'reporter's' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'lament about going after rascal conducting scam' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'about' could be 'on' (as in a book 'on' a certain topic) and 'on' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for raconteur that I've seen before include "Teller of anecdotes, Frenchstyle" , "A good teller of tales" , "After-dinner speaker, maybe" , "One who tells amusing tales" , "source of anecdotes" .)