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Drink and dine about to cause commotion (6)

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I believe the answer is:

rumpus

'commotion' is the definition.
(I know that commotion can be written as rumpus)

'drink and dine about' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'rum' (rum is a kind of drink).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'dine' becomes 'sup' (synonyms).
'about' says the letters should be written backwards.
'sup' back-to-front is 'pus'.
'rum'+'pus'='RUMPUS'

'to cause' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for rumpus that I've seen before include "To-do" , "Noisy, disruptive commotion" , "Noisy disturbance" , "Row" , "Noisy brawl" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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