Absent-minded way to make me a dry cocktail! (6)
I believe the answer is:
dreamy
'absent-minded' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'me a dry cocktail' is the wordplay.
'cocktail' indicates anagramming the letters.
'me'+'a'+'dry'='meadry'
'meadry' with letters rearranged gives 'DREAMY'.
'way to make' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dreamy that I've seen before include "Pleasantly unreal, very attractive (colloq.)" , "Unreal -- gorgeous" , "wonderful" , "like a midsummer night?" , "Fantastic" .)