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Setter and setter drinking drink and drink (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

imbibe

'drink' is the definition.
('imbibe' can be a synonym of 'drink')

'setter and setter drinking drink' is the wordplay.
'setter' becomes 'i' (the person that set the crossword).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'setter' becomes 'me' (the setter of the clue).
'drinking' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'drink' becomes 'bib' (bibbing is a kind of drinking**).
'me' enclosing 'bib' is 'mbibe'.
'i'+'mbibe'='IMBIBE'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for imbibe that I've seen before include "Take in (with one's mother's milk?)" , "Drink or absorb into mind" , "Drink in - assimilate" , "Drink, take in" , "Partake of drink" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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