### Clue: Boy returned with Jewish girl – husband out for drink (9)
### Answer: NOR’WESTER 
 ### Explanation: Definition: drink
 **Reversal of**(returned) RON(a boy's name) + W(abbrev. for "with") + "Esther"(from the Bible, a Jewish girl who became Queen of Persia) **minus**(… out) "h"(abbrev. for "husband").
Answer: A drink of strong liquor.