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Caught non-drinker entering requirement (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

netted

'caught' is the definition.
(netting is a kind of catching)

'non-drinker entering requirement' is the wordplay.
'non drinker' becomes 'tt' (Teetotaller abbreviation).
'entering' is an insertion indicator.
'requirement' becomes 'need' ('need' can be a synonym of 'requirement').
'tt' put inside 'need' is 'NETTED'.

(Other definitions for netted that I've seen before include "As a whole" , "Caught fish, perhaps, and made clear profit" , "Gained as profit" , "Caught (like butterfly)" , "Trapped" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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