English thus repressing urge for drink (8)
I believe the answer is:
espresso
'drink' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'english thus repressing urge' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'thus' becomes 'so' ('so' can be a synonym of 'thus').
'repressing' indicates putting letters inside.
'urge' becomes 'press' ('press' can be a synonym of 'urge'**).
'so' placed around 'press' is 'spresso'.
'e'+'spresso'='ESPRESSO'
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for espresso that I've seen before include "It's made by forcing steam through ground coffee beans" , "Seep Ross into the coffee" , "Coffee-making machine" , "Type of coffee" , "Coffee made under steam pressure" .)