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Lie about honeyed wine being quencher (7)

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I believe the answer is:

limeade

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'quencher' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'lie about honeyed wine' is the wordplay.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'honeyed wine' becomes 'mead'.
'lie' enclosing 'mead' is 'LIMEADE'.

'being' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for limeade that I've seen before include "Fizzy drink" , "soft drink" , "it's a soft one" , "Citrus drink" , "Fruity drink" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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