Cheer a dry mess with drink (9)

I believe the answer is:

cherryade

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'drink' is the definition.
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'cheer a dry mess' is the wordplay.
'mess' indicates an anagram.
'cheer'+'a'+'dry'='cheeradry'
'cheeradry' is an anagram of 'CHERRYADE'.

'with' is the link.

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