Rude and raucous with gin cocktail (10)
I believe the answer is:
ungracious
'rude' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'raucous with gin cocktail' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'cocktail' is an anagram indicator.
'raucous' after 'gin' is 'ginraucous'.
'ginraucous' is an anagram of 'UNGRACIOUS'.
'and' acts as a link.
I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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