In a bar take drugs, possibly hard (7)
I believe the answer is:
aroused
'hard' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'in a bar take drugs' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bar' becomes 'rod' (both can mean a pole or stick).
'take drugs' becomes 'use' (use can mean to take drugs).
'a'+'rod'='arod'
'arod' placed around 'use' is 'AROUSED'.
'possibly' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aroused that I've seen before include "Brought to" , "Excited, stimulated" , "Keenly excited" , "Inspired" , "Woken - excited" .)