Quit ale, weirdly, and drink this instead? (7)
I believe the answer is:
tequila
'drink this instead?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'quit ale weirdly' is the wordplay.
'weirdly' is an anagram indicator.
'quit'+'ale'='quitale'
'quitale' is an anagram of 'TEQUILA'.
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tequila that I've seen before include "Mexican alcoholic drink" , "Is there another drink to equal it?" , "Equal it! (anag)" , "one in the slammer" , "Mexican agave spirit" .)