A drinking place gone after makes her content (7)
I believe the answer is:
shebeen
'a drinking place' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'gone after makes her content' is the wordplay.
'gone after makes' becomes 'shen' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'her' becomes 'Bee'.
'content' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'shen' placed around 'bee' is 'SHEBEEN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shebeen that I've seen before include "Illicit liquor shop" , "Unlicensed liquor store" , "in which spirits may be found" , "Unlicenced house selling alcohol (Ireland)" , "Illegal liquor shop" .)