Public figures absent from the boozer (3)
I believe the answer is:
pub
'boozer' is the definition.
(UK slang)
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pub that I've seen before include "Place to drink" , "Drinking place" , "Alehouse" , "free house?" , "Tavern, hostelry" .)