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Drink knocked back first of December at sea maybe? (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

iced water

'drink' is the definition.
(iced water is a drink)

'knocked back first of december at sea maybe?' is the wordplay.
'knocked back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'first of december' becomes 'Dec I' (resembles Dec 1).
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'sea maybe?' becomes 'water' (the sea is a lot of water).
'deci' written backwards gives 'iced'.
'iced'+'water'='ICED WATER'

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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