Make pals with beer find rum (8)
I believe the answer is:
befriend
'make pals with beer find rum' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'with beer find rum' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'rum' indicates anagramming the letters (rum can mean strange or unusual).
'beer'+'find' is 'beerfind'.
'beerfind' is an anagram of 'BEFRIEND'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for befriend that I've seen before include "Look after" , "Get on good terms with" , "Become mates with" , "Become a pal to" , "Act as pal to, help out" .)