Bottles point to politician with connections (7)
I believe the answer is:
empties
'bottles' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'point to politician with connections' is the wordplay.
'point' becomes 'E' (compass point).
'to politician' becomes 'MP' (Member of Parliament).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'connections' becomes 'ties' (tie is a kind of connection).
'e'+'mp'+'ties'='EMPTIES'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for empties that I've seen before include "Spite me with drained bottles" , "Bottles whose contents have been consumed" , "Voids" , "Beer bottles after contents have been imbibed" , "Dead men" .)