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Drink Bond likes can ruin one’s clothing (7)

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I believe the answer is:

martini

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

'can ruin one's clothing' is the wordplay.
'can' becomes 'tin' (both are metal containers).
'ruin' becomes 'mar' (I've seen this before).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'clothing' is an insertion indicator (some letters cover up or clothe others).
'mar'+'i'='mari'
'tin' put within 'mari' is 'MARTINI'.

'bond likes' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for martini that I've seen before include "obtained from a bottle" , "Type of Italian vermouth" , "Gin or vodka with dry vermouth" , "Alternative name for Simone Memmi, pre-Renaissance Italian painter" , "tipple" .)

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