Obscure English boozer near Morecambe (8)
I believe the answer is:
esoteric
'obscure' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'english boozer near morecambe' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'boozer' becomes 'sot' (I've seen this in other clues).
'near' says to put letters next to each other.
'morecambe' becomes 'eric' (I've seen this in other clues).
'e'+'sot'+'eric'='ESOTERIC'
(Other definitions for esoteric that I've seen before include "Secret, mysterious" , "Mystic" , "Highly specialised" , "needing privy" , "Occult" .)