Applaud tax-free drug? (5)
I believe the answer is:
ovate
'applaud tax-free drug?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'tax-free drug?' is the wordplay.
'tax-free' becomes 'O VAT' (resembles 0 VAT, zero value-added tax).
'drug?' becomes 'e' (E is another name for ecstasy).
'ovat'+'e'='OVATE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ovate that I've seen before include "Like Humpty Dumpty" , "Shaped like an egg" , "applaud enthusiastically?" , "Egg-shaped; Welsh bard" , "Egg-shaped, oval" .)