Publican glimpsed cycling after contemptible customers? (8)
I believe the answer is:
licensee
'publican' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I don't understand the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for licensee that I've seen before include "Person holding official authorisation" , "One allowed to sell alcohol" , "The one with the official permit" , "One permitted to sell alcohol" , "One with permit to sell alcohol" .)