Cracking solo with Bowie finally free (5)
I believe the answer is:
loose
'free' is the definition.
(I know that free can be written as loose)
'cracking solo with bowie finally' is the wordplay.
'cracking' is an anagram indicator.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'finally' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'bowie' is 'e'.
'solo' anagrammed gives 'loos'.
'loos'+'e'='LOOSE'
(Other definitions for loose that I've seen before include "untidy" , "At liberty" , "escaped!" , "Baggy" , "Not fixed; inexact" .)