Draw near leading characters in Peter Pan swallowed by a fish (8)
I believe the answer is:
approach
'draw near' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'peter pan swallowed by a fish' is the wordplay.
'peter pan' becomes 'pp' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'swallowed by' indicates putting letters inside.
'fish' becomes 'roach' (roach is a type of fish).
'a'+'roach'='aroach'
'pp' inserted into 'aroach' is 'APPROACH'.
'leading characters in' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for approach that I've seen before include "Offer" , "Come closer" , "Come near - means of access" , "Advance towards" , "Drae near" .)