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Also short of rum, et cetera (3,2,5)

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I believe the answer is:

and so forth

'et cetera' is the definition.
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'also short of rum' is the wordplay.
'also' becomes 'and' (I've seen this before).
'rum' is an anagram indicator (rum can mean strange or unusual).
'short'+'of'='shortof'
'shortof' anagrammed gives 'soforth'.
'and'+'soforth'='AND SO FORTH'

(Other definitions for and so forth that I've seen before include "Along with other things" , "Et cetera" , "implies others of the same type" , "etc." , "imagine what follows" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Times.
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