Comfort in abstaining from alcohol — what's on the table? (3,3)
I believe the answer is:
tea set
'table?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'comfort in abstaining from alcohol what's on the' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'comfort' could be 'ease' (synonyms) and 'ease' is present in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
A single letter 't' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tea set that I've seen before include "facility for refreshment" , "Estate (anag) - service" , "Equipment for an afternoon meal" , "tableware" , "Crockery service" .)