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Note the French imbibing very soft drink (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tipple

'drink' is the definition.
(tippling is a kind of drinking)

'note the french imbibing very soft' is the wordplay.
'note' becomes 'ti' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'the french' becomes 'le'.
'imbibing' indicates putting letters inside.
'very soft' becomes 'pp'.
'ti'+'le'='tile'
'tile' placed around 'pp' is 'TIPPLE'.

(Other definitions for tipple that I've seen before include "pint?" , "Drink (a little but often)" , "where coal is washed" , "Drink alcohol regularly" , "Imbibe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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