Told a tale about drug being craved (7)
I believe the answer is:
yearned
'craved' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'told a tale about drug being' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'drug' could be 'e' (E is another name for ecstasy) and 'e' is found in the answer.
'being' could be 'rn' (RN is an example) and 'rn' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for yearned that I've seen before include "Pined" , "Desired - longed (for)" , "Did long" , "Longed to be in deanery" , "Craved" .)