Drunk around noon, Eurocrat is tale-spinner (9)
I believe the answer is:
raconteur
'drunk' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'noon eurocrat is tale-spinner' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'noon' could be 'n' and 'n' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'eurocrat' is 'racoteur' which is located in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'around' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for raconteur that I've seen before include "Skilful teller of anecdotes" , "Teller of anecdotes, Frenchstyle" , "One who tells amusing tales" , "A skilled storyteller, very entertaining" , "anecdotalist" .)