Painter consumes gallon in attractive bar (6)
I believe the answer is:
magnet
'attractive bar' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'painter consumes gallon' is the wordplay.
'painter' becomes 'manet' (I've seen this before).
'consumes' is an insertion indicator.
'gallon' becomes 'g' (abbreviation for the unit of liquid).
'manet' enclosing 'g' is 'MAGNET'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for magnet that I've seen before include "Something attractive" , "One that attracts" , "Source of attraction" , "Attractive body" , "drawer?" .)