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A neurotic trembled, wanting liqueur (9)

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I believe the answer is:

cointreau

'liqueur' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'a neurotic trembled' is the wordplay.
'trembled' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'neurotic'='aneurotic'
'aneurotic' with letters rearranged gives 'COINTREAU'.

'wanting' is the link.

(Other definitions for cointreau that I've seen before include "Sweet orange-flavoured colourless liqueur" , "A sweet orange-flavoured liqueur for cautioner" , "Alcoholic drink" , "Orange liqueur" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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