One needs to bring back the animal for a drink (5)
I believe the answer is:
tokay
'drink' is the definition.
(Tokay is an example)
'one needs to bring back the animal for a' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'one' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is found in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ky' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tokay that I've seen before include "Hungarian sweet wine" , "A wine mentioned in a national anthem" .)