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Correspond with Penny, say, not finishing drink (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coincide

'correspond' is the definition.
(coinciding is a kind of corresponding)

'with penny say not finishing drink' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'penny say' becomes 'coin' (penny is a kind of coin).
'not finishing' means to remove the last letter.
'drink' becomes 'cider' (cider is a kind of drink).
'cider' with its last letter removed is 'cide'.
'coin' put next to 'cide' is 'COINCIDE'.

(Other definitions for coincide that I've seen before include "Happen simultaneously" , "agree" , "Occur simultaneously" , "match" , "Correspond" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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