Need it contain Russian tea? (7)
I believe the answer is:
samovar
'russian tea?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'need it contain' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'it' could be 'sa' (SA can mean sex appeal, as in 'it') and 'sa' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for samovar that I've seen before include "Spoken" , "Russian urn to boil water for tea" , "tea provider" , "Russian water boiler often used for tea" , "tea maker" .)