Laugh as wobbly Hector quaffs litres (7)
I believe the answer is:
chortle
'laugh' is the definition.
(I know that chortle is a type of laugh)
'wobbly hector quaffs litres' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'litres' could be 'l' (abbreviation) and 'l' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'hector' is 'chorte' which is present in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'as' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chortle that I've seen before include "Chuckle gleefully" , "Guffaw" , "Laugh out loud" , "Joyous chuckle" , "Laugh gleefully" .)