Magistrate’s way to dip into soft drink (7)
I believe the answer is:
justice
'magistrate's' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'way to dip into soft drink' is the wordplay.
'way' becomes 'st' (abbreviation for street).
'to dip into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'soft drink' becomes 'juice' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'soft' bit.).
'st' placed into 'juice' is 'JUSTICE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for justice that I've seen before include "right outcome" , "Fair play" , "Administration of law" , "Fairness, legitimacy" , "It's dispensed over the bar" .)