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Drink with blooming tramp! (4-3-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

down-and-out

'tramp' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'drink with blooming' is the subsidiary indication.
'drink' becomes 'down' (downing is a kind of drinking**).
'with' becomes 'and'.
'blooming' becomes 'out' (I've seen this in other clues).
'down'+'and'+'out'='downandout'

(Other definitions for down-and-out that I've seen before include "Impoverished - destitute person" , "Impoverished (and unconscious?)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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