Packs the drunken sots out of the way! (5)
I believe the answer is:
stows
'packs' is the definition.
(stowing is a kind of packing)
'drunken sots out of the way' is the wordplay.
'drunken' is an anagram indicator.
'out of' is an insertion indicator (some letters on the outside of others).
'the way' becomes 'w' (Compass direction - West).
'sots' anagrammed gives 'stos'.
'stos' enclosing 'w' is 'STOWS'.
'the' is the link.
(Other definitions for stows that I've seen before include "Scots crops in > stores" , "Packs away" .)