Tolerate what could be churchwarden’s source of drink? (9)
I believe the answer is:
standpipe
'source of drink?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'tolerate what could be churchwarden's' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'tolerate' could be 'stand' (synonyms) and 'stand' is found within the answer.
'churchwarden' could be 'pipe' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'pipe' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for standpipe that I've seen before include "Emergency source of water" , "temporary feed" , "main conduit in emergencies?" , "Source of water during shortage" , "Temporary water outlet" .)