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Eat everything because shiner is unavailable (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

polish off

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'eat' is the definition.
(I know that polish off is a more specific form of the action eat)

'everything because shiner is unavailable' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'is' is found in the answer.
'unavailable' could be 'off' and 'off' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for polish off that I've seen before include "Finish completely - kill deliberately" , "Use varnish remover to get this" , "Consume (something) quickly" , "defeat" , "Eat up" .)

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