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Drink husband imbibed brings complaint (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

whine

'complaint' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Petulant complaint ' mean 'whine' so perhaps 'complaint' could also mean 'whine')

'drink husband imbibed' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'wine' (wine is a kind of drink**).
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'imbibed' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'wine' enclosing 'h' is 'WHINE'.

'brings' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for whine that I've seen before include "beef?" , "Complaining cry" , "Shrill sound of dog" , "Grumble" , "Gripe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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