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Drinks for all before a fight — devious! (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

roundabout

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

'drinks for all before a fight' is the wordplay.
'drinks for all' becomes 'round' (as in a round of drinks bought for a group).
'before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'fight' becomes 'bout' (synonyms).
'round'+'a'+'bout'='ROUNDABOUT'

(Other definitions for roundabout that I've seen before include "devious" , "A plaything" , "Indirect" , "More or less" , "Traffic controller" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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