Three months putting away whiskey in club in Italy (5)
I believe the answer is:
inter
'club in italy' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'three months putting away whiskey' is the wordplay.
'three months' becomes 'winter'.
'putting away' is a deletion indicator.
'whiskey' becomes 'W' (alpha bravo charlie delta ...).
'winter' with 'w' taken out is 'INTER'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for inter that I've seen before include "Prefix meaning in the middle" , "top Italian side" , "Place in ground" , "an Italian soccer team?" , "Entomb" .)