Phase out struggling pub (8)
I believe the answer is:
taphouse
'pub' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'phase out struggling' is the wordplay.
'struggling' indicates an anagram (the letters struggle or wriggle into a new form).
'phase'+'out'='phaseout'
'phaseout' is an anagram of 'TAPHOUSE'.
(Other definitions for taphouse that I've seen before include "Place to drink" , "pub" , "Inn" .)