Polynesian island group conceals five tips from respected society of Russian brewers? (8)
I believe the answer is:
samovars
'russian brewers?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'polynesian island group conceals five tips from respected society' is the wordplay.
'polynesian island group' becomes 'samoa' (I've seen this before).
'conceals' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'five' becomes 'v' ('V' can be a synonym of 'five').
'tips from' suggests taking the first letters (I've seen 'tip from' mean this).
The initial letters of 'respected society' is 'rs'.
'samoa' going around 'v' is 'samova'.
'samova'+'rs'='SAMOVARS'
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for samovars that I've seen before include "Russian urns with spigot at the base" , "Russian tea-urns" , "Russian tea urns" .)