Rice for which the inner man has to pant desperately? (5)
I believe the answer is:
patna
'rice for which' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'inner man has to pant desperately?' is the wordplay.
'inner man has' becomes 'a' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'desperately?' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'desperately' mean this).
'pant' is an anagram of 'patn'.
'a' after 'patn' is 'PATNA'.
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for patna that I've seen before include "Variety of long-grain rice" , "Rice town" , "Long-grain rice type" , "Long-grained rice type" , "Source of long-grain rice" .)