Sikh building an untested medicine up (8)
I believe the answer is:
gurdwara
'sikh' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'an untested medicine up' is the wordplay.
'an' becomes 'a'.
'untested' becomes 'raw' (I've seen this in another clue).
'medicine' becomes 'drug' (drugging is a kind of medicining).
'up' says the letters should be written in reverse (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'a'+'raw'+'drug'='arawdrug'
'arawdrug' written backwards gives 'GURDWARA'.
'building' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for gurdwara that I've seen is " place to worship".)