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Can you drink it like water? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gin

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This could be a double definition.

'can you drink' is the first definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'it like water?' is the second definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

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(Other definitions for gin that I've seen before include "game of cards" , "Trap; mother's ruin" , "Spirit; cotton machine" , "Spirit, aka 'Mother's ruin'" , "Alcoholic drink once called mother's ruin" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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