Cases of old politician popping into drinks (8)
I believe the answer is:
examples
'cases' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'old politician popping into drinks' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'ex' (prefix meaning former or onetime).
'politician' becomes 'MP' (Member of Parliament).
'popping into' is an insertion indicator.
'drinks' becomes 'ales' (ale is a kind of drink).
'mp' placed within 'ales' is 'amples'.
'ex'+'amples'='EXAMPLES'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for examples that I've seen before include "Specimens" , "Expels ma for pieces of conduct worthy of imitation" , "Illustrative warnings" , "They're characteristic of their kind" , "prototypes" .)