23 November- Solution for the last clue and the next cryptic crossword clue

Writer outside smart empty restaurant (6)
Solution – bistro

The fact that this was a container clue was indicated by "outside".  So a word matching "writer" is found outside something meaning "smart empty" – and there "empty" is a clue that you delete the inside letters of "smart".

The word meaning "writer" is biro.  If you put it outside "st", you get "bistro" which is a type of restaurant.

Today’s cryptic crossword clue – solution tomorrow

Farming economy (9)
Source of clue – NZ Herald

Hint – this is a Double Definition Clue – look at the Cryptic Crossword sidebar if you want to check what that means