Local drink has never to be tipped in flute (7)
I believe the answer is:
ocarina
'flute' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'local drink has never to be tipped in' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'in' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ocarina that I've seen before include "music-maker" , "toy instrument" , "Wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes" , "dated instrument" , "Toy flute" .)