Musician at home dipping into wine is gripped by Times (12)
I believe the answer is:
clarinettist
'musician' is the definition.
(clarinettist is a kind of musician)
'home dipping into wine is gripped by times' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'home' could be 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in') and 'in' is present in the answer.
'wine' could be 'claret' (claret is a kind of wine) and 'claret' is found in the leftover letters.
'is' is within the answer.
'times' could be 'tt' (two abbreviations for time) and 'tt' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'at' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for clarinettist that I've seen before include "Cats in litter (anag) -- woodwind player" , "Musician, like Benny Goodman, say" .)