Condemned in pub for swallowing ecstasy tablet? (9)
I believe the answer is:
ibuprofen
'tablet?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'condemned in pub for swallowing ecstasy' is the wordplay.
'condemned' is an anagram indicator.
'swallowing' indicates putting letters inside.
'ecstasy' becomes 'E' (informal term for the drug).
'in'+'pub'+'for'='inpubfor'
'inpubfor' is an anagram of 'ibuprofn'.
'ibuprofn' going around 'e' is 'IBUPROFEN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ibuprofen that I've seen before include "Anti-inflammatory medicine" , "Drug" , "anaesthetic" , "Painkiller" .)