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Does it mean women get no whiskey? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

omen

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'does it mean women' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'get no whiskey?' is the wordplay.
'get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'no' becomes 'o' (resembles 0 - 'no' can mean 'zero').
'whiskey?' becomes 'men' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'o' next to 'men' is 'OMEN'.

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(Other definitions for omen that I've seen before include "Prognostication" , "Sign of something to come" , "writing on the wall" , "Forewarning, harbinger" , "Prophetic significance" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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