Spending money in a new local, getting drunk (9)
I believe the answer is:
allowance
'spending money' is the definition.
(a spending allowance)
'a new local getting drunk' is the wordplay.
'getting drunk' indicates an anagram.
'new'+'local'='newlocal'
'newlocal' is an anagram of 'llowance'.
'a'+'llowance'='ALLOWANCE'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for allowance that I've seen before include "Ocean wall (anag.)" , "11 [LOLLY] in certain amount" , "Money for agreed expenses" , "Alloted share" , "Pocket money" .)