Disney film capturing hearts with animated tale that can be bittersweet (9)
I believe the answer is:
chocolate
'can be bittersweet' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'disney film capturing hearts with animated tale' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'hearts' could be 'h' (abbreviation used in card games e.g. bridge) and 'h' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'tale' is 'late' which is within the answer.
The remaining letters 'coco' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'that' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chocolate that I've seen before include "Food bars" , "Sweet made with cacao beans" , "Addictive substance from beans" , "Drink (if hot)" , "Sweetmeat made from cocoa" .)