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Consequence of unrestricted time with alcohol (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

import

'consequence' is the definition.
(I know that consequence can be written as import)

'unrestricted time with alcohol' is the wordplay.
'unrestricted' means to look at the middle letters (remove the outside letters which restrict the rest).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'alcohol' becomes 'port' (port is a type of wine).
The middle of 'time' is 'im'.
'im'+'port'='IMPORT'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for import that I've seen before include "introduce" , "Bring in; significance" , "Meaning - bring goods into the country" , "Convey" , "Weight" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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