Neat trio playing in pub with beer and song (14)
I believe the answer is:
internationale
'song' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'neat trio playing in pub with beer' is the wordplay.
'playing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'pub' becomes 'inn' (an inn is a type of pub).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'beer' becomes 'ale' (type of beer).
'neat'+'trio'='neattrio'
'neattrio' with letters rearranged gives 'ternatio'.
'ternatio' put within 'inn' is 'internation'.
'internation'+'ale'='INTERNATIONALE'
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for internationale that I've seen before include "Socialist's revolutionary song" , "revolutionary hymn" , "Left to play this" .)