Leaving booze wild duck swallows energy drink (8)
I believe the answer is:
teetotal
'leaving booze wild duck swallows energy drink' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'wild duck swallows energy drink' is the wordplay.
'wild duck' becomes 'teal' (teal is a kind of duck. I am not sure about the 'wild' bit.).
'swallows' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mce).
'drink' becomes 'tot' (I've seen this before).
'e'+'tot'='etot'
'teal' placed around 'etot' is 'TEETOTAL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for teetotal that I've seen before include "refusing to drink" , "Eschewing booze" , "Completely dry" , "Abstinent from alcohol" , "Abstemious" .)