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Blended drink: mix it somehow without whiskey (8)

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I believe the answer is:

smoothie

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'blended drink' is the definition.
'smoothie' can be an answer for 'drink' (smoothie is a type of drink). I'm unsure of the 'blended' bit.

'mix it somehow without whiskey' is the wordplay.
'mix' indicates anagramming the letters.
'without' suggests deleting specific letters.
'whiskey' becomes 'W' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'it'+'somehow'='itsomehow'
'itsomehow' with 'w' taken away is 'itsomeho'.
'itsomeho' anagrammed gives 'SMOOTHIE'.

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(Other definitions for smoothie that I've seen before include "Drink made with pur?ed fruit" , "cold and thick" , "Thick, drink of pureed fruit" , "Drink of pureed fresh fruit with yoghurt or milk" , "Dairy fruit drink" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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