Briefly announce first pair of inmates found with this class of drug (6)
I believe the answer is:
statin
'class of drug' is the definition.
(I know that Statin is a class of drug)
'briefly announce first pair of' is the wordplay.
'briefly' means to remove the last letter.
'announce' becomes 'state' (I've seen this in another clue).
'first pair of' becomes 'in' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'state' with its last letter taken off is 'stat'.
'stat'+'in'='STATIN'
'inmates found with this' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for statin that I've seen before include "Drug reducing cholesterol" , "Drug given to reduce blood cholesterol" , "Cholesterol-reducing drug" , "Cholesterol-lowering drug" .)