Case of beer and dope for military officers (5)
I believe the answer is:
brass
'for military officers' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'case of beer and dope' is the wordplay.
'case of' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (outsides of).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'dope' becomes 'ass'.
'beer' with its centre removed is 'br'.
'br'+'ass'='BRASS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for brass that I've seen before include "Boldness" , "It's there, if muck's there" , "Ready" , "Money (slang)" , "Baggage" .)