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Look over various canned drinks (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scan

'look over' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'various canned drinks' is the wordplay.
'drinks' says the answer is hidden in the clue (words in the clue have absorbed the answer).
'SCAN' is hidden in the letters of 'various canned'.

(Other definitions for scan that I've seen before include "make a detailed copy of" , "Inspect" , "Run over" , "Hercule ---, detective" , "Examine quickly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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