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Drink for a man? Relative of Isaac, say (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hebrew

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'relative of isaac say' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'drink for a man?' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'brew' (brew is a kind of drink**).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'a man?' becomes 'he'.
'brew' after 'he' is 'HEBREW'.

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(Other definitions for hebrew that I've seen before include "Jewish language" , "Official language of Israel" , "Middle Eastern language" , "National language of Israel" , "Ancient Semitic language, used in modern version in Israel" .)

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