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Drink after drink — going topless, very laid back (6)

Ross

I think it could be either:

supine

chaser

'drink' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'drink going topless very laid back' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'cha' (cha can mean tea).
'going topless' means to remove the first letter.
'very' becomes 'tres' ('very' in French).
'laid back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'tres' with its initial letter removed is 'res'.
'res' in reverse letter order is 'ser'.
'cha'+'ser'='CHASER'

'after' is the link.

(Other definitions for chaser that I've seen before include "Beer after spirits e.g." , "One who pursues - one drink after another" , "Pursuit cannon; one engraving" , "Horse; drink following another" , "one in the national hunt" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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