Container carrying a couple of articles to a pilgrim spot (6)
I believe the answer is:
canaan
'a pilgrim spot' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'container carrying a couple of articles' is the wordplay.
'a couple of articles' means two replacements for 'article'.
'container' becomes 'can' (can is a kind of container).
'carrying' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, the bottom letters carry others).
'article' becomes 'a' (indefinite article).
'article' becomes 'an' (indefinite article).
'can'+'a'+'an'='CANAAN'
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for canaan that I've seen before include "Ancient Palestine as in Bible" , "ancient country" , "Biblical Promised Land" , "Old Palestine" , "Israelites' Promised Land" .)