Tenor managed to open spirits to drink and carry away (9)
I believe the answer is:
transport
'carry away' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'tenor managed to open spirits to drink' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'tenor' could be 't' and 't' is present in the answer.
'managed' could be 'ran' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'ran' is present in the answer.
'drink' could be 'port' (port is a kind of drink) and 'port' is found in the answer.
A single letter 's' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for transport that I've seen before include "Convey - delight" , "trap, for example" , "Exile" , "Parts torn in fit of strong emotion" , "Bear" .)