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Drink sadly not coming with starter (7)

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I believe the answer is:

oloroso

'drink' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'sadly not coming with starter' is the wordplay.
'sadly' becomes 'doloroso' (musical direction).
'not coming with starter' means to remove the first letter.
'doloroso' with its first letter taken off is 'OLOROSO'.

(Other definitions for oloroso that I've seen before include "Drink" , "Albert -, missionary, musician, philosopher" , "Heavy dark sherry" , "Dark, sweet sherry" , "Dark type of sherry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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