Time to get in drinks — point made by viewer (7)
I believe the answer is:
witness
'viewer' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'time to get in drinks point' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'to get in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'drinks' becomes 'wines' (wine is a kind of drink).
'point' becomes 's' (South).
't' inserted inside 'wines' is 'witnes'.
'witnes'+'s'='WITNESS'
'made by' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for witness that I've seen before include "Bystander" , "It's news (anag.)" , "See (an event or crime)" , "Evidence, proof" , "Observe - evidence" .)