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Cheap old whiskey drunk by Grant (3-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

low-end

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'grant' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'cheap old whiskey drunk by' is the wordplay.
'cheap' becomes 'low'.
'old whiskey drunk' becomes 'end' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'low'+'end'='LOW-END'

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for low-end that I've seen is " budget".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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