Thrilling night out: husband wasted after knocking back booze (7)
I believe the answer is:
elating
'thrilling' is the definition.
(to elate is to thrill or delight)
'wasted after knocking back booze' is the wordplay.
'wasted' becomes 'ting' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'knocking back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'booze' becomes 'ale' (type of alcohol).
'ale' backwards is 'ela'.
'ting' after 'ela' is 'ELATING'.
'night out husband' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for elating that I've seen is " Very uplifting".)