Closely resembling the way drunkards walk? (7)
I believe the answer is:
tightly
'way drunkards walk?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'closely resembling' is the wordplay.
'closely' becomes 'tight' (synonyms).
'resembling' becomes 'ly' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'tight'+'ly'='TIGHTLY'
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tightly that I've seen before include "Securely" , "In a close-fitting manner" .)