Drunk raved about drink with old political leader (2,6)
I believe the answer is:
de valera
'old political leader' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'drunk raved about drink' is the wordplay.
'drunk' indicates anagramming the letters.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'drink' becomes 'ale' (I've seen this before).
'raved' with letters rearranged gives 'devra'.
'devra' going around 'ale' is 'DE VALERA'.
'with' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for de valera that I've seen before include "Lead rave for former Irish Taoiseach and President" , "old Irish statesman" , "Eamon -; Irish PM and President" , "Eamon . . . . . . . . Irish statesman and president" , "Eamon -- --, Irish prime minister and president" .)