Send on a voyage (8)
I believe the answer is:
shanghai
'send' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'a voyage' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'on' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shanghai that I've seen before include "China's largest city" , "Trick (someone) into becoming a sailor" , "Asian port" , "once used to drug sailors, possibly" , "Port city on the Yangtze estuary" .)