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Hunting drink? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chaser

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'hunting drink?' is the definition.
'chaser' can be an answer for 'drink?' (as in a shot and chaser). I'm not certain of the 'hunting' bit.

'hunting drink?' is the wordplay.
'hunting' becomes 'chase'.
'drink?' becomes 'r' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'chase'+'r'='CHASER'

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(Other definitions for chaser that I've seen before include "Racehorse - search (anag)" , "A drink like beer after whisky" , "Huntsman" , "Horse; drink following another" , "Drink following one of another sort" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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