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Drink before work showing conscience? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

superego

'conscience?' is the definition.
(I know that superego is a type of conscience)

'drink before work' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'sup' (to sup is to drink).
'before' becomes 'ere' (poetic term).
'work' becomes 'go' (synonyms).
'sup'+'ere'+'go'='SUPEREGO'

'showing' is the link.

(Other definitions for superego that I've seen before include "Part of the unconscious mind - pose urge (anag)" , "self-critic" , "Freud's part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience" , "Internal monitor of psyche" , "Moral part of the (Freudian) unconscious" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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