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Causes excitement in prison with drink (5,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stirs up

'causes excitement' is the definition.

'prison with drink' is the wordplay.
'prison' becomes 'stir' (informal term for prison).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'drink' becomes 'sup' (I've seen this before).
'stir'+'sup'='STIRS UP'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for stirs up that I've seen before include "causes agitation" , "Agitates" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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