Climbing mountain with medicine or without it? (8)
I believe the answer is:
platonic
'without it?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'climbing mountain with medicine' is the wordplay.
'climbing mountain' becomes 'pla' (I've seen this in other clues).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'medicine' becomes 'tonic' (tonic is a kind of medicine).
'pla'+'tonic'='PLATONIC'
'or' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for platonic that I've seen before include "I can plot (anag)" , "Some friendships are" , "according to one philosopher" , "Without physical desire" , "not showing any passion)" .)