Cell: most of one transformed by author's works? (9)
I believe the answer is:
corpuscle
'cell most of one transformed by author's works?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'cell most of one transformed by author's works?' is the wordplay.
'most of' means to remove the last letter.
'one transformed' indicates an anagram.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'author's works?' becomes 'corpus' (corpus can mean all the work by a single author).
'cell' with its last letter removed is 'cel'.
'cel' with letters rearranged gives 'cle'.
'cle' after 'corpus' is 'CORPUSCLE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for corpuscle that I've seen before include "Red or white blood cell" , "Cruel cops with blood cell" , "Minute organism in blood" .)