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Drunk venetian left an anonymous message (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

valentine

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'an anonymous message' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'drunk venetian left' is the wordplay.
'drunk' indicates anagramming the letters.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'venetian'+'l'='venetianl'
'venetianl' anagrammed gives 'VALENTINE'.

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(Other definitions for valentine that I've seen before include "A loving greeting card sent on February 14th" , "Potential lover" , "Feb 14 card" , "February patron saint of lovers" , "Anonymous love token from an admirer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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