Meeting two holding hands at bar (9)
I believe the answer is:
encounter
'meeting' is the definition.
(I know that meeting can be written as encounter)
'two holding hands at bar' is the wordplay.
'two holding hands at' becomes 'en' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'bar' becomes 'counter' (as in the counter of a pub or bar).
'en'+'counter'='ENCOUNTER'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for encounter that I've seen before include "Struggle" , "Unexpected meeting" , "Bump into" , "Meet; confrontation" , "Face" .)