Sex drug helping to get a repeated performance (9)
I believe the answer is:
iteration
'a repeated performance' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'sex drug helping' is the wordplay.
'sex' becomes 'it' (common euphemism).
'drug' becomes 'e' (E is another name for ecstasy).
'helping' becomes 'ration' (a ration is a serving or helping).
'it'+'e'+'ration'='ITERATION'
'to get' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for iteration that I've seen before include "Reprise" , "Repeats" , "Repeated performing" , "Repeating" , "Repetition" .)