Wanting to have recent US president accepting Democrat is unlawful (9)
I believe the answer is:
forbidden
'unlawful' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'wanting to have recent us president accepting democrat' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'wanting' could be 'for' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'for' is located in the answer.
'democrat' could be 'd' and 'd' is found in the answer.
'president' could be 'biden' (Joe Biden) and 'biden' is located in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'is' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for forbidden that I've seen before include "Illicit pleasure" , "Disallowed, banned" , "Not allowed, banned" , "This fruit is always more enticing" , "Verboten, prohibited" .)