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Drinks finally sozzling girls (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

glasses

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

'finally sozzling girls' is the wordplay.
'finally' says to take the final letters.
'girls' becomes 'lasses' (lass can informally mean a girl).
The final letter of 'sozzling' is 'g'.
'g'+'lasses'='GLASSES'

(Other definitions for glasses that I've seen before include "Spectacles; tumblers" , "Specs" , "are they full of alcohol?" , "Spectacles or drinking containers" , "They make girls unattractive to Parker" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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