English politician at sports fixture’s finding evidence of earlier drinking? (7)
I believe the answer is:
empties
'evidence of earlier drinking?' is the definition.
(empty drinks bottles)
'english politician at sports fixture's' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'politician' becomes 'mp'.
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'sports fixture' becomes 'ties' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'e'+'mp'+'ties'='EMPTIES'
'finding' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for empties that I've seen before include "drains" , "Dead men" , "Bottles whose contents have been consumed" , "Returned bottles" , "Spite me with drained bottles" .)