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Cocktail from Guy Busby-Brown? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

manhattan

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'cocktail' is the definition.
(I know that Manhattan is a type of cocktail)

'guy busby-brown?' is the wordplay.
'guy' becomes 'man' (guy can informally mean a man).
'busby' becomes 'hat' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'brown?' becomes 'tan' (tan is a kind of brown).
'man'+'hat'+'tan'='MANHATTAN'

'from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for manhattan that I've seen before include "area of New York City" , "One of the five boroughs of New York City" , "Island of New York - cocktail" , "Vermouth and whiskey, with a dash of bitters" , "New York City borough" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sun.
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