Drinks around Spain? Absolutely (5)
I believe the answer is:
totes
'drinks around spain? absolutely' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'drinks around spain? absolutely' is the wordplay.
'drinks' becomes 'mates' (mate is a kind of drink).
'around' indicates the central letters.
'spain? absolutely' becomes 'otes' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The central letter of 'mates' is 't'.
't'+'otes'='TOTES'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for totes that I've seen before include "Carries, drags" , "Carries the betting system" , "Carries, lugs" , "Carries or shoulders" , "Bears" .)