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Drink is good, say, regularly (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

soda

'drink' is the definition.
(soda is a kind of drink)

'is good say regularly' is the wordplay.
'regularly' means one should take alternating letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'is'+'good'+'say'='isgoodsay'
The alternate letters of 'isgoodsay' are 'SODA'.

(Other definitions for soda that I've seen before include "Fizzy drink - chemical compound" , "pressurised liquid" , "In the US, a sweet fizzy drink" , "fizz" , "Whisky mixer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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