Publican lying about payment to host organised rave (8)
I believe the answer is:
taverner
'publican' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'about payment to host organised rave' is the wordplay.
'about' says the letters should be written backwards.
'payment' becomes 'rent' (rent is a kind of payment).
'to host' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are hosted or welcomed).
'organised' indicates an anagram.
'rent' back-to-front is 'tner'.
'rave' anagrammed gives 'aver'.
'tner' going around 'aver' is 'TAVERNER'.
'lying' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for taverner that I've seen before include "Innkeeper" , "Landlord" , "Mine host of other days" , "Publican" , "one found in pub" .)