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All of dram drunk inside, yes? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

totality

'all' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'dram drunk inside yes?' is the wordplay.
'dram' becomes 'tot' (I've seen this before).
'drunk' becomes 'lit' (I've seen this in another clue).
'inside' indicates putting letters inside.
'yes?' becomes 'ay'.
'lit' inserted inside 'ay' is 'ality'.
'tot'+'ality'='TOTALITY'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for totality that I've seen before include "Completeness" , "Whole amount" , "Tilt a toy (anag.)" , "The whole of something" , "Sum" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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