Place for claret, French drink seen around Spain (4)
I believe the answer is:
vein
'place for claret' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'french drink seen around spain' is the wordplay.
'french drink' becomes 'vin' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'seen around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'spain' becomes 'e' (abbreviation for Espana).
'vin' placed around 'e' is 'VEIN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for vein that I've seen before include "Vessel for claret" , "Speaker's useless" , "Blood-carrying vessel" , "part of a vital system" , "Distinctive style" .)