Gillingham's number one fan imbibing drinks and snack (9)
I believe the answer is:
groundnut
'snack' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'gillingham's number one fan imbibing drinks' is the wordplay.
'gillingham's number one' becomes 'g' (rst letter of 'gillingham').
'fan' becomes 'nut' (both can mean an enthusiast).
'imbibing' indicates putting letters inside (imbibe can mean to drink or absorb).
'drinks' becomes 'round' (I've seen this before).
'g'+'nut'='gnut'
'gnut' enclosing 'round' is 'GROUNDNUT'.
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for groundnut that I've seen before include "food" , "Peanut" , "Nibble" , "edible tuber?" , "something to eat" .)