Bristly feature next to private dining area? (9)
I believe the answer is:
chinatown
'bristly feature' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'next to private dining area?' is the wordplay.
'next to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'private dining' becomes 'china' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'area?' becomes 'town' (town is a kind of area).
'china' next to 'town' is 'CHINATOWN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chinatown that I've seen before include "Jack Nicholson film - I chant now (anag)" , "film by Polanski" , "London area north of Leicester Square" , "District where most are of Far Eastern origin" , "where Asians live" .)