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About to get drinks for everyone (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

around

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'about' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'drinks for everyone' is the wordplay.
'drinks' becomes 'round' (as in a round of drinks).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'everyone' becomes 'a' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'round' put after 'a' is 'AROUND'.

'to get' is the link.

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(Other definitions for around that I've seen before include "On every side" , "Somewhere in the vicinity" , "Close to" , "In the area of" , "Somewhere near" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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