Pompous official judge's first with spirit after censure (10)
I believe the answer is:
panjandrum
'pompous official' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'judge's first with spirit after censure' is the wordplay.
'judge's first' becomes 'j' (1st letter of 'judge').
'with' becomes 'and'.
'spirit' becomes 'rum' (alcoholic spirit).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'censure' becomes 'pan'.
'j'+'and'+'rum'='jandrum'
'jandrum' after 'pan' is 'PANJANDRUM'.
(Other definitions for panjandrum that I've seen before include "man of great influence" , "Big cheese" , "Person in high authority" , "pompous potentate" , "pompous official" .)