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Did Carol ventilate around alcohol in summer? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sangria

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'alcohol in summer?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'did carol ventilate around' is the wordplay.
'did carol' becomes 'sang' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ventilate' becomes 'air' (synonyms).
'around' is a reversal indicator.
'air' written backwards gives 'ria'.
'sang'+'ria'='SANGRIA'

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(Other definitions for sangria that I've seen before include "Spanish drink of red wine with soda water or lemonade" , "Spanish spiced wine" , "Spanish alcoholic drink" , "Spanish drink based on red wine" , "Mixed drink" .)

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