### Clue: Drink absorbed in smart fabric (8)
### Answer: SKIRTING 
 ### Explanation: Definition: fabric
 KIR(a drink made from dry white wine flavoured with cassis, a blackcurrant cordial) **contained in**(absorbed in) STING(to smart;to feel a pain, as from a bee sting).
Answer: Material suitable for making, well, skirts.