Is it charitable to ignore fifth letter from African country? (5)
I believe the answer is:
benin
'african country?' is the definition.
(country in Africa)
'is it charitable to ignore fifth letter from' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'is' could be 'be' and 'be' is located in the answer.
'letter' could be 'n' and 'n' is located in the answer.
'from' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for benin that I've seen before include "East African state" , "Republic in West Africa" , "West African state, formerly called Dahomey" , "Country W. of Nigeria" , "West African republic" .)