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Mog raised drink over last of clues (4)

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I believe the answer is:

puss

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'mog' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'raised drink over last of clues' is the wordplay.
'raised' is a reversal indicator (going up in a down clue).
'drink' becomes 'sup' (to sup is to drink).
'over' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'last of' suggests the final letters.
The last letter of 'clues' is 's'.
'sup' enclosing 's' is 'ssup'.
'ssup' reversed gives 'PUSS'.

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(Other definitions for puss that I've seen before include "mug" , "Cat (informal)" , "Moggie" , "Feline" , "Booted panto character" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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