Religious type in boozer knocked back large short (5)
I believe the answer is:
rabbi
'religious type' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'boozer knocked back large short' is the wordplay.
'boozer' becomes 'bar'.
'knocked back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'large short' becomes 'bi' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'bar' written backwards gives 'rab'.
'rab'+'bi'='RABBI'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rabbi that I've seen before include "Religious scholar" , "legal scholar" , "A Jewish priest" , "Hebrew scholar" , "Teacher of Jewish law" .)