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Drink's on me, not Mike (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

one

'drink's' is the definition.
(eg 'a cold one')

'on me not mike' is the wordplay.
'not' suggests deleting specific letters.
'mike' becomes 'M' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'me' with 'm' taken out is 'e'.
'on'+'e'='ONE'

(Other definitions for one that I've seen before include "Single, sole" , "Single and undivided" , "Sole; number" , "both halves" , "1" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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