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Drink with Kansas leaders in Kansas (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

topeka

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'in kansas' is the definition.
('Topeka' is part of 'kansas')

'drink with kansas leaders' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'tope' ('tope' can be a synonym of 'drink').
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'kansas leaders' becomes 'ka' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'tope'+'ka'='TOPEKA'

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(Other definitions for topeka that I've seen before include "state capital" , "Kansas capital" , "Capital of 6" , "It stands on the Kansas River" , "Kansas City" .)

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