Handcuff chap covering Conservative with beer (7)
I believe the answer is:
manacle
'handcuff' is the definition.
(I know that handcuff can be written as manacle)
'chap covering conservative with beer' is the wordplay.
'chap' becomes 'man' (chap can mean a man).
'covering' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'conservative with' becomes 'c' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'beer' becomes 'ale' (type of beer).
'c' put within 'ale' is 'acle'.
'man'+'acle'='MANACLE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for manacle that I've seen before include "restricting at the cuff?" , "Curb" , "item restricting movement" , "Metal shackle" , "Fetter" .)