Urge to take Liberal inside preserved Arab area (11)
I believe the answer is:
kleptomania
'urge' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'liberal inside preserved arab area' is the wordplay.
'liberal' becomes 'l' (abbreviation).
'inside' indicates putting letters inside.
'preserved' becomes 'kept' ('keep' can be a synonym of 'preserve').
'arab' becomes 'Omani' (someone from Oman).
'area' becomes 'a' (maths abbreviation).
'l' inserted inside 'kept' is 'klept'.
'klept'+'omani'+'a'='KLEPTOMANIA'
'to take' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kleptomania that I've seen before include "Recurrent urge to steal" , "Stealing urge" , "urge to help oneself" , "Impulse to steal" , "Compulsion to steal" .)