Society man joining elite closer to wine? (8)
I believe the answer is:
screwtop
'closer to wine?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'society man joining elite' is the wordplay.
'society' becomes 's' (common abbreviation in names of organisations).
'man' becomes 'crew' (crewing is a kind of manning).
'joining' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'elite' becomes 'top' (I've seen this in another clue).
's'+'crew'+'top'='SCREWTOP'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for screwtop that I've seen before include "kind of bottle" , "one goes on the bottle" , "cap or lid" , "Describing a type of bottle" , "that closes jar" .)