Drink, and terrible need is condensed (9)

I believe the answer is:

shortened

'is condensed' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'drink and terrible need' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'short' ().
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'terrible' indicates an anagram.
'need' is an anagram of 'ened'.
'short'+'ened'='SHORTENED'

(Another definition for shortened that I've seen is " Truncated".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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