Swallow from icy area east of Germany (5)
I believe the answer is:
drink
'swallow' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'icy area east of germany' is the wordplay.
'icy area' becomes 'rink' (ice rink).
'east of' means one lot of letters go next to another (some letters go to the right of others).
'germany' becomes 'd' (vehicle registration code for Deutschland).
'rink' put after 'd' is 'DRINK'.
'from' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for drink that I've seen before include "Eg, beer" , "Imbibe" , "Demon beverage?" , "Consume alcohol" , "Sup" .)