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Server of drinks carried a gun during prohibition (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

barman

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'server' is the definition.
(I know that barman is a type of server)

'gun during prohibition' is the wordplay.
'gun' becomes 'arm' (I've seen this in other clues).
'during' is an insertion indicator.
'prohibition' becomes 'ban' (ban is a kind of prohibition).
'arm' inserted into 'ban' is 'BARMAN'.

'of drinks carried a' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for barman that I've seen before include "He serves drink" , "Drinks dispenser?" , "Worker in pub" , "Bloke at counter" , "Male who serves in a pub" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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