Flier making a drama out of fifty quid? (7)
I believe the answer is:
mallard
'flier' is the definition.
(mallard is a kind of birdanimal)
'making a drama out of fifty quid?' is the wordplay.
'making' is an anagram indicator.
'out of' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters on the outside of others).
'fifty quid?' becomes 'll' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'drama' is an anagram of 'maard'.
'maard' going around 'll' is 'MALLARD'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mallard that I've seen before include "Ancestor of all domestic ducks" , "Type of duck - world speed record holding steam engine (1938)" , "Common wild duck" , "The famous steam train" , "Variety of duck" .)