Drinking house left, I lost out (9)
I believe the answer is:
published
'out' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'drinking house left i lost' is the wordplay.
'drinking house' becomes 'pub'.
'left' becomes 'L' (common abbreviation).
'lost' becomes 'shed' (I've seen this before).
'pub'+'l'+'i'+'shed'='PUBLISHED'
(Other definitions for published that I've seen before include "Out for all to see" , "available to readers?" , "Issued" .)