Mike leaves fraternity residence for pub (8)
I believe the answer is:
alehouse
'for pub' is the definition.
(alehouse is a kind of public house)
'mike leaves fraternity residence' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'residence' could be 'house' (I've seen this before) and 'house' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ale' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alehouse that I've seen before include "Hostelry (of old)" , "old tavern" , "the nineteenth?" , "Old pub" , "Inn" .)