Takes drugs to suppress recall of current drunken exploits (8)
I believe the answer is:
utilises
'current drunken exploits' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to consumption as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'takes drugs to suppress recall' is the wordplay.
'takes' becomes 'is' (being is a kind of taking).
'drugs' becomes 'es' (ecstasy tablets).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'suppress recall' becomes 'util' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'is'+'es'='ises'
'ises' put after 'util' is 'UTILISES'.
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for utilises that I've seen before include "Makes use of" , "Employs, uses" .)