Want to drive over violent thug (7)
I believe the answer is:
drought
'want' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'drive over violent thug' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'drive' could be 'dr' (abbreviation used in road names) and 'dr' is found in the answer.
'over' could be 'o' (cricket abbreviation) and 'o' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'thug' is 'ught' which is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for drought that I've seen before include "Lack of rain" , "Period of low rainfall" , "Prolonged shortage of rain" , "Prolonged dry period" , "Period with little rain" .)