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European capital with endless drink and pasta (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rigatoni

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'pasta' is the definition.
(rigatoni is a kind of pasta)

'european capital with endless drink' is the wordplay.
'european capital' becomes 'riga' (capital of Latvia).
'with endless drink' becomes 'toni' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'riga'+'toni'='RIGATONI'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for rigatoni that I've seen before include "Short fluted tubes of pasta" , "Pasta - I got rain (anag)" , "Short, ribbed, tubular pasta" , "Pasta dish" , "Type of pasta" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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