Small group in West Indies close to supply of drink (4,6)
I believe the answer is:
wine cellar
'supply of drink' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'small group in west indies close' is the wordplay.
'small group' becomes 'cell' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'west indies' becomes 'wi'.
'close' becomes 'near' (synonyms).
'wi'+'near'='winear'
'cell' going within 'winear' is 'WINE-CELLAR'.
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for wine cellar that I've seen before include "Drink stock" , "Store for burgundy etc" , "Storage space" .)