Doctors go without morning tipples (5)
I believe the answer is:
drams
'tipples' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'doctors go without morning' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'morning' could be 'am' (as in 12:00 AM) and 'am' is present in the answer.
'doctors' could be 'drs' ('Dr' can be a synonym of 'doctor') and 'drs' is found within 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 drams that I've seen before include "Wee amounts of whisky" , "Wee drinks; weights" .)