Drink consumed in the outskirts of Winchester (5)
I believe the answer is:
water
'drink' is the definition.
(water is an example)
'consumed in the outskirts of winchester' is the wordplay.
'consumed' becomes 'ate' (eating is a kind of consuming).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'the outskirts of' means to remove the middle letters.
'winchester' with its middle removed is 'wr'.
'ate' put inside 'wr' is 'WATER'.
(Other definitions for water that I've seen before include "Adam's ale" , "something damp" , "non-alcoholic drink" , "Colourless, odourless and tasteless liquid" , "Give fluid to (plants)" .)