Enticing the child inside, is obviously drunk (8)
I believe the answer is:
lurching
'obviously drunk' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs can occasionally define each other.
'enticing the child inside' is the wordplay.
'enticing' becomes 'luring' ('lure' can be a synonym of 'entice').
'the child' becomes 'ch' (abbreviation for child).
'inside' indicates putting letters inside.
'luring' going around 'ch' is 'LURCHING'.
'is' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lurching that I've seen before include "staggering unsteadily" , "Moving slowly and unsteadily" .)