Adventurous heroine in charge bringing beer round (5)
I believe the answer is:
alice
'adventurous heroine' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'in charge bringing beer round' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'in charge' could be 'ic' (abbreviation for 'in charge') and 'ic' is present in the answer.
'beer' could be 'ale' (type of beer) and 'ale' is found in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alice that I've seen before include "Wonderland girl's name" , "woman" , "Lewis Carroll's immortal girl" , "Wonderland heroine" , "Celia changes into a different girl" .)