What might alcoholic's yen be? To give up (7)
I believe the answer is:
forsake
'give up' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'what might alcoholic's yen be? to' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'to' could be 'for' and 'for' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sake' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for forsake that I've seen before include "'Abandon, desert (7)'" , "Abondon or renounce" , "Give up" , "Leave in the lurch" .)