Strong drink put husband into poverty (8)
I believe the answer is:
hardship
'poverty' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'strong drink put husband into' is the wordplay.
'strong' becomes 'hard' (synonyms).
'drink put' becomes 'sip' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'sip' placed around 'h' is 'ship'.
'hard'+'ship'='HARDSHIP'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hardship that I've seen before include "Austerity - affliction" , "difficult to take" , "Physical suffering is a tough vessel" , "difficult situation" , "distress" .)