Loud and articulate, after a ‘well-heeled’ (8)
I believe the answer is:
affluent
'a well-heeled' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'loud and articulate' is the wordplay.
'loud' becomes 'af' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'articulate' becomes 'fluent' (similar in meaning).
'af'+'fluent'='AFFLUENT'
'after' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for affluent that I've seen before include "Well off, having plenty of money" , "Very well off, quite rich" , "Well-to-do, got lots of money" , "Wealthy, rich" , "Wealthy - abundant" .)