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Does it mean Sarah's consumed gin unwisely? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

signal

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'does it mean' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'sarah's consumed gin unwisely?' is the wordplay.
'sarah' becomes 'Sal' (Sally is a common pet form of Sarah).
'consumed' is an insertion indicator.
'unwisely?' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'unwisely' mean this).
'gin' anagrammed gives 'ign'.
'sal' going around 'ign' is 'SIGNAL'.

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(Other definitions for signal that I've seen before include "Memorable" , "Non-verbal communication" , "Gesture encoding a message" , "Gesticulate" , "Conspicuous" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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