A cold one during pause from work can be most zingy (7)
I believe the answer is:
raciest
'work can be most zingy' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'a cold one during pause' is the wordplay.
'cold' becomes 'c' (eg on taps).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'during' is an insertion indicator.
'pause' becomes 'rest' (rest is a kind of pause).
'a'+'c'+'i'='aci'
'aci' placed within 'rest' is 'RACIEST'.
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for raciest that I've seen is " Ice star (anag)".)