Man in the street knocked back drink with melting ice, drinking litres behind bar (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
joe public
'man in the street' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'knocked back drink with melting ice drinking litres behind bar' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'litres' could be 'l' (abbreviation for litres) and 'l' is present in the answer.
'bar' could be 'pub' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'pub' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'ice' is 'eic' which is present in the left over letters.
The remaining letters 'jo' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for joe public that I've seen before include "The general populace" , "... and all those around him?" , "Man in the street" .)