Consider swallowing whiskey sample -- most pleasant (8)
I believe the answer is:
sweetest
'most pleasant' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are superlative adjectives. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'consider swallowing whiskey sample' is the wordplay.
'consider' becomes 'see' (synonyms).
'swallowing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'whiskey' becomes 'w' (alpha bravo charlie delta ...).
'sample' becomes 'test' (I've seen this before).
'see' placed around 'w' is 'swee'.
'swee'+'test'='SWEETEST'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sweetest that I've seen before include "having most sugar" , "most agreeable" , "Most saccharine or dulcet" , "most attractive" , "Most saccharine or sugary" .)