Judge in court keeping legatee’s case cordial? (5)
I believe the answer is:
julep
'cordial?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'judge in court keeping legatee's case' is the wordplay.
'judge' becomes 'J' (abbreviation for judge).
'in court' becomes 'up' (up before a judge).
'keeping' is an insertion indicator (some letters kept inside).
'case' means to remove the middle letters.
'legatee' with its centre taken out is 'le'.
'up' enclosing 'le' is 'ulep'.
'j'+'ulep'='JULEP'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for julep that I've seen before include "Cocktail of bourbon, sugar and mint over crushed ice" , "Mint drink in America" , "See 21 Down" , "(Minted) drink made with bourbon, sugar and crushed ice" , "Sweet drink, often medicated" .)