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Yank getting booze to take back and he's very tight (7)

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I believe the answer is:

niggard

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'tight' is the definition.
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'yank getting booze to take back' is the wordplay.
'yank' becomes 'drag' (I've seen this before).
'getting booze' becomes 'gin' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'to take back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (I've seen 'taken back' mean this).
'drag'+'gin'='draggin'
'draggin' backwards is 'NIGGARD'.

'and he's very' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for niggard that I've seen before include "He's tight" , "Mean, stingy person" , "Super-saver" , "Scrooge" , "Mean type" .)

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