Ex-PM to sicken: we hear it's the booze (5,3)
I believe the answer is:
brown ale
'the booze' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'ex-pm to sicken we hear' is the wordplay.
'ex-pm' becomes 'brown' (former UK PM Gordon Brown).
'to sicken' becomes 'ail' (I've seen this in another clue).
'we hear' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'ail' sounds like 'ale'.
'brown'+'ale'='BROWN ALE'
'it's' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for brown ale that I've seen before include "Type of beer" , "Noble war (anag) - drink" , "bottled beer" , "Dark, malty beer" , "Dark, mild beer" .)