Drunken crones may strike out (6)
I believe the answer is:
censor
'strike out' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'drunken crones' is the wordplay.
'drunken' indicates an anagram.
'crones' is an anagram of 'CENSOR'.
'may' is the link.
(Other definitions for censor that I've seen before include "Official banner of books, films etc" , "Remove offensive parts" , "He bans books and films" , "He may ban films or books" , "Suppress anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable" .)