Culture in which commander and king embrace Hindu music? (4-4)
I believe the answer is:
agar-agar
'culture in' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both substances as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'commander and king embrace hindu music?' is the wordplay.
'commander' becomes 'aga' (I've seen this before).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'king' becomes 'R' (abbreviation of Latin rex).
'embrace' indicates putting letters inside.
'hindu music?' becomes 'raga' (I've seen this in another clue).
'aga'+'r'='agar'
'agar' going around 'raga' is 'AGAR-AGAR'.
'which' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for agar-agar that I've seen before include "Jelly from seaweed" , "Gelatinous thickening for food" , "Thickener obtained from seaweed" , "Food thickener from seaweed" .)