Scolding husband detained by drunk in bar ages (10)
I believe the answer is:
earbashing
'scolding' is the definition.
'husband detained by drunk in bar ages' is the wordplay.
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'detained by' indicates putting letters inside (I've seen this in other clues).
'drunk' indicates an anagram.
'in'+'bar'+'ages'='inbarages'
'inbarages' with letters rearranged gives 'earbasing'.
'h' put within 'earbasing' is 'EARBASHING'.
(Other definitions for earbashing that I've seen before include "severe scolding" , "Dressing down" , "Torrent of abuse" , "talking incessantly" , "A lengthy scolding" .)