District where there's a bit of scarcity at the pub (8)
I believe the answer is:
locality
'district' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'there's a bit of scarcity at the pub' is the wordplay.
'there's a bit' becomes 'i' (resembles t, a binary digit or bit).
'of scarcity' becomes 'ty' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'the pub' becomes 'local' (one's local pub).
'i'+'ty'='ity'
'ity' after 'local' is 'LOCALITY'.
'where' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for locality that I've seen before include "Position; area" , "Surrounding region" , "Area, neighbourhood" , "Neighbourhood or site of something" .)