Hippie to attend police station for hearing (7)
I believe the answer is:
beatnik
'hippie' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'attend police station for hearing' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'attend' could be 'beat' (to be at an event is to attend it) and 'beat' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for beatnik that I've seen before include "Unconventional young scruff" , "Kite ban (anag) - 1950s' non-conformist" , "Nineteen fifty's youth" , "eg Jack Kerouac" , "Fifties dropout" .)