Hurry to exclude a drunkard from the company (5)
I believe the answer is:
scoot
'hurry' is the definition.
(scooting is a kind of hurrying)
'exclude a drunkard from the company' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
'company' could be 'co' (abbreviation) and 'co' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'so' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scoot that I've seen before include "hurry" , "hightail it" , "Depart quickly (does not contain H)" , "Dart off" , "Skedaddle" .)