Get twisted on cocktails at The Centre with cast (6)
I believe the answer is:
tangle
'cast' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'get twisted on cocktails at the centre' is the wordplay.
'get twisted' becomes 'tale' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on' indicates putting letters inside (as in clothing 'on' a person).
'cocktails' becomes 'stingers' (stinger is a kind of cocktail).
'at the centre' means to look at the middle letters.
The central letters of 'stingers' are 'ng'.
'tale' enclosing 'ng' is 'TANGLE'.
'with' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tangle that I've seen before include "A knotted mess" , "Jumble" , "Snarl-up" , "jungle" , "Get involved" .)