Tea for a large number in African republic (4)
I believe the answer is:
chad
'african republic' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'tea for a large number' is the wordplay.
'tea' becomes 'cha' (cha is a type of tea).
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'a large number' becomes 'd' ().
'cha'+'d'='CHAD'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chad that I've seen before include "Landlocked desert country of northern central Africa, formerly a French colony" , "cartoon character" , "Fish" , "Paper punch waste; African country" , "foreign land" .)