Family member in local taking top off and beginning to yodel (5)
I believe the answer is:
aunty
'family member' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'in local taking top off and beginning to yodel' is the wordplay.
'in local' becomes 'au' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'taking' becomes 'on' (eg one taking drugs is 'on' drugs).
'top off' means to remove the first letter.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'beginning' says to take the initial letters.
The first letters of 'to yodel' is 'ty'.
'on' with its initial letter taken off is 'n'.
'au'+'n'+'ty'='AUNTY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aunty that I've seen before include "Female relative" , "Joined by this relation" , "A parent's sister" .)