Attack the rice wine, with days in November being dreary! (11)
I believe the answer is:
godforsaken
'dreary' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'attack the rice wine with days in november' is the wordplay.
'attack' becomes 'go for' (go for can mean to attack).
'the rice wine' becomes 'sake' (I've seen this before).
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'days in' becomes 'd' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'november' becomes 'N' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'gofor'+'sake'='goforsake'
'goforsake' enclosing 'd' is 'godforsake'.
'godforsake'+'n'='GODFORSAKEN'
'being' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for godforsaken that I've seen before include "Forlorn" , "Lacking any merit or attraction" .)