Fresh from pub with zero coin (8)
I believe the answer is:
innocent
'fresh' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'pub with zero coin' is the wordplay.
'pub' becomes 'inn' (an inn is a type of pub).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'zero' becomes 'O' (O resembles 0).
'coin' becomes 'cent' (cent is a kind of coin).
'inn'+'o'+'cent'='INNOCENT'
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for innocent that I've seen before include "Free of any blame" , "Without blame or without guile" , "not spotted" , "without blood on hands?" , "Without sin" .)