Where in France, local drunk swallows the last of the beer completely and utterly (8)
I believe the answer is:
outright
'utterly' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'where in france local drunk swallows the last of the beer' is the wordplay.
'where in france' becomes 'ou' ('where' in French).
'local drunk' becomes 'tight' (I've seen this in other clues. I am not sure about the 'local' bit.**).
'swallows' is an insertion indicator.
'the last of' says to take the final letters.
The last letter of 'beer' is 'r'.
'tight' enclosing 'r' is 'tright'.
'ou'+'tright'='OUTRIGHT'
'completely and' 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?
(Other definitions for outright that I've seen before include "Directly; without reservation" , "Unqualified - without delay" , "straight away" , "Completely - undisputed" , "Without reservation or exception" .)