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Drink at end of day with star on barbiturate? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sundowner

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'drink' is the definition.
(sundowner is a kind of drink)

'star on barbiturate?' is the wordplay.
'star' becomes 'sun' (the Sun is a star).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'barbiturate?' becomes 'downer' (barbiturate is a kind of downer).
'sun'+'downer'='SUNDOWNER'

'at end of day with' is the link.
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(Other definitions for sundowner that I've seen before include "Drink taken at the end of the day" , "Tramp (Australian) - drink (British)" , "Twilight drink" , "Evening drink" , "cocktail?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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