This lady ventures to secure recipe for fruity drinks (8)
I believe the answer is:
sherbets
'fruity drinks' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'this lady ventures to secure recipe' is the wordplay.
'this lady' becomes 'she' ('she' refers to a woman).
'ventures' becomes 'bets' (bet is a kind of venture).
'to secure' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are secured inside).
'recipe' becomes 'r' (abbreviation in medical prescriptions).
'she'+'bets'='shebets'
'shebets' enclosing 'r' is 'SHERBETS'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sherbets that I've seen before include "water-ices" , "drinks, adding simple ingredient" .)