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Weekend drink with one of The Greens (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kale

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'one of the greens' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'weekend drink' is the wordplay.
'weekend' becomes 'k' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'drink' becomes 'ale' (I've seen this before).
'k'+'ale'='KALE'

'with' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for kale that I've seen before include "Vegetable" , "Hardy cabbage" , "Type of cabbage" , "Crinkled-leaf cabbage" , "(Curly?) cabbage" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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