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Drink with some girls and a motherless man (3)

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I believe the answer is:

gin

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'drink' is the definition.
(I know that gin is a type of spirits)

'some girls and a motherless man' is the wordplay.
'some' suggests taking the first letters.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a motherless man' becomes 'in' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The first letter of 'girls' is 'g'.
'g'+'in'='GIN'

'with' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for gin that I've seen before include "Juniper-flavoured drink" , "game of cards" , "Alcoholic drink made from juniper berries - it's a trap" , "It could be used for drinking" , "Animal trap or alcoholic drink" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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