One drug-dealer, short worker at end of street offering cocaine? (9)
I believe the answer is:
stimulant
'cocaine?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'one drug-dealer short worker at end of street' is the wordplay.
'one drug dealer' becomes 'mule' (someone who transports drugs).
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
'at' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'end of street' becomes 'sti' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'mule' with its final letter taken away is 'mul'.
'mul'+'ant'='mulant'
'mulant' put after 'sti' is 'STIMULANT'.
'offering' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for stimulant that I've seen before include "Means of prompting action" , "Something that promotes activity" , "Substance to increase activity" , "Drug to make one more vigorous and active" , "Booster" .)