Hot port with spices in westerly sun traps perhaps (5)
I believe the answer is:
negus
'hot port' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'with spices in westerly sun traps perhaps' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'spices in westerly' becomes 'nu' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sun' becomes 'S' (abbreviation).
'traps' indicates putting letters inside.
'perhaps' becomes 'eg' (for example).
'nu' next to 's' is 'nus'.
'nus' going around 'eg' is 'NEGUS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for negus that I've seen before include "Ruler in Africa" , "Title of Emperor of Ethiopia" , "Hot, spiced alcoholic drink" , "Ethiopian emperor (hist.)" , "Drink that's heated" .)