American power is supporting fine residents of DRC (6)
I believe the answer is:
okapis
'residents of drc' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'american power is supporting fine' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'power' becomes 'p' (symbol in physics).
'supporting' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'fine' becomes 'ok' (synonyms).
'a'+'p'+'is'='apis'
'apis' put after 'ok' is 'OKAPIS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for okapis that I've seen before include "Giraffe-like creatures" , "Relatives of the giraffe" , "African animals related to the giraffe" , "They're similar to the giraffes but smaller" , "Ok, Pa is wrong about the giraffe-type animals" .)