During Prohibition, wants whiskey in dark pen? (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
black swan
'dark pen?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'during prohibition wants whiskey' is the wordplay.
'during' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'prohibition' becomes 'ban' (synonyms).
'wants' becomes 'lacks' ('lack' can be a synonym of 'want').
'whiskey' becomes 'W' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'lacks'+'w'='lacksw'
'ban' placed around 'lacksw' is 'BLACK SWAN'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for black swan that I've seen before include "Australian native bird" , "Aquatic bird" , "Aussie swimmer" , "Australian winger" .)