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Buyer of a lot of neat alcohol right after a drink (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

purchaser

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'buyer' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'lot of neat alcohol right after a drink' is the wordplay.
'lot of neat alcohol right' becomes 'pur' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a drink' becomes 'chaser' (as in a shot and chaser).
'pur'+'chaser'='PURCHASER'

'of a' is the link.

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(Other definitions for purchaser that I've seen before include "Buyer" , "I'll buy" , "Punter" , "customer" , "Shopper" .)

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