Where, in India, dad could have got a tan (5)
I believe the answer is:
patna
'where in india dad could have' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'a tan' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' is within the answer.
an anagram of 'tan' is 'tna' which is located in the answer.
A single letter 'p' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'got' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for patna that I've seen before include "Source of long-grain rice" , "Long-grain rice type" , "Long-grained rice type" , "City of savoury rice" , "Rice town" .)