Not much ale: tilt drunkenly! (1,6)

I believe the answer is:

a little

'not much' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'ale tilt drunkenly' is the wordplay.
'drunkenly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ale'+'tilt'='aletilt'
'aletilt' is an anagram of 'A LITTLE'.

(Other definitions for a little that I've seen before include "to some degree" , "Rather" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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