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About to get drinks for us all (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

around

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'about' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'drinks for us all' is the wordplay.
'drinks' becomes 'round' (I've seen this before).
'for' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'us all' becomes 'a' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'round' after 'a' is 'AROUND'.

'to get' is the link.

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(Other definitions for around that I've seen before include "Close to" , "Present; approximately" , "Here and there, sounds circular" , "Here and there; encircling" , "On every side" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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