Drinker is only just fine for start of evening (6)
I believe the answer is:
barfly
'drinker' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for barfly that I've seen before include "frequenter of pubs" , "pub regular" .)
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