Whisky adulterated by the French? With this one may get hammered (6)
I believe the answer is:
mallet
'whisky adulterated by the french? with this one' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'get hammered' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'get' could be 'let' (letting is a kind of getting) and 'let' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'mal' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'may' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mallet that I've seen before include "Type of hammer" , "Hammer for pegs or croquet" , "It's used in croquet and polo" , "Small wooden hammer" , "Hitting tool" .)