American medico getting a half of bitter in a pub (6)
I believe the answer is:
intern
'american medico' is the definition.
'intern' can be an answer for 'medico' (intern is a kind of medico). I'm unsure of the 'american' bit.
'a half of bitter in a pub' is the wordplay.
'a half of' suggests halving the letters.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'a pub' becomes 'inn' (an inn is a type of pub).
'bitter' halved is 'ter'.
'ter' placed into 'inn' is 'INTERN'.
'getting' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for intern that I've seen before include "Confine the hospital doctor" , "Imprison without trial - hospital junior doctor" , "Student" , "Confine to camp" , "Incarcerate without trial - a junior hospital doctor?" .)