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Asks about Vilnius's top low-alcohol drink (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kvass

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'drink' is the definition.
(kvass is a kind of drink)

'asks about vilnius's top' is the wordplay.
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'top' suggests taking the first letters (in a down clue, the first letter is top).
The first letter of 'vilnius' is 'v'.
'asks' with its letters anagrammed with 'v' gives 'KVASS'.

'low-alcohol' acts as a link.
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(Another definition for kvass that I've seen is " Russian rye drink".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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