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By getting a mug out of a hole (5)

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I believe the answer is:

abyss

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'a hole' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Deep hole ' mean 'abyss' so perhaps 'hole' could also mean 'abyss')

'by getting a mug' is the wordplay.
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'mug' becomes 'ss' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'by' put after 'a' is 'aby'.
'aby'+'ss'='ABYSS'

'out of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for abyss that I've seen before include "Very large and deep chasm" , "Measureless chasm" , "Hell; hole" , "Deep hole, seems bottomless" , "Fathomless pit" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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