Hide the drink cupboard (8)
I believe the answer is:
suppress
'hide' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'drink cupboard' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'sup' (to sup is to drink).
'cupboard' becomes 'press' (term for a large cupboard).
'sup'+'press'='SUPPRESS'
'the' is the link.
(Other definitions for suppress that I've seen before include "squash" , "Hush up, keep hidden" , "Keep down, hold back" , "Stifle or overpower" , "Stop publication of" .)