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Drone knocked back double shot of liquor (6)

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I believe the answer is:

murmur

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'drone' is the definition.
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'knocked back double shot of liquor' is the wordplay.
'knocked back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'double shot of' becomes 'rum' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'liquor' becomes 'rum' (rum is a kind of liquor).
'rum'+'rum'='rumrum'
'rumrum' in reverse letter order is 'MURMUR'.

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(Other definitions for murmur that I've seen before include "Low continuous sound" , "Quietly spoken utterance; heart defect" , "Mumbled expression of malcontent" , "Undertone" , "Low, indistinct speech" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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