Johnson takes a drink with nurse (hot stuff) (8)
I believe the answer is:
jalapeno
'johnson' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'a drink with nurse hot stuff' is the wordplay.
'a drink with' becomes 'jalap' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'nurse' becomes 'en' (abbreviation for enrolled nurse).
'stuff' says to take the centre (I've seen 'stuffing' mean this).
The middle letter of 'hot' is 'o'.
'jalap'+'en'+'o'='JALAPENO'
'takes' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for jalapeno that I've seen before include "something really hot" , "Hot green chilli" , "Hot pepper in Mexican dishes" , "Hot type of capsicum pepper" , "Green chilli pepper used in Mexican cooking" .)