Booze-seller starts losing ice; seen confused (8)
I believe the answer is:
licensee
'booze-seller' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'starts losing ice seen confused' is the wordplay.
'starts' indicates taking the first letters.
'confused' indicates an anagram.
The initial letter of 'losing' is 'l'.
'seen' is an anagram of 'nsee'.
'l'+'ice'+'nsee'='LICENSEE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for licensee that I've seen before include "one allowed to serve" , "One with permit to sell alcohol" , "Publican" , "Person with official permit to sell, say, drink" , "The one with the official permit" .)