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Ban this rum drink (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

absinth

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

'ban this rum' is the wordplay.
'rum' indicates an anagram (rum can mean strange or unusual).
'ban'+'this'='banthis'
'banthis' is an anagram of 'ABSINTH'.

(Other definitions for absinth that I've seen before include "sort of liqueur" , "Strong liqueur with wormwood and anise" , "(Originally) a wormwood-based liqueur" , "Strong liquor in baths, strangely" , "Shrubby plant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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