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Would have drink laid on, one imagined (8)

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supposed

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(Other definitions for supposed that I've seen before include "Assumed to be true or thought probable" , "Imagined; assumed" , "Assumed - hypothetical" , "Putative" , "Imagined, presumed" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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