Able to drink tea opening good books by writer (8)
I believe the answer is:
talented
'able' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'drink tea opening good books by writer' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'drink' could be 'ale' (I've seen this before) and 'ale' is found in the answer.
'tea' could be 't' (I've seen this in other clues) and 't' is found in the answer.
'books' could be 'nt' (New Testament) and 'nt' is present in the answer.
'writer' could be 'ed' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'ed' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for talented that I've seen before include "Accomplished" , "Endowed with gifts" , "Having special or great ability" , "Skilled" , "Having natural or special ability" .)