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Fancy a whiskey, but not with her! (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

whim

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'fancy' is the definition.
(both can mean a notion or desire)

'a whiskey but not with her' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'whiskey' could be 'w' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'w' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'him' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for whim that I've seen before include "Fad" , "Fancy, notion" , "Impulse or caprice" , "Sudden odd desire" , "Urge" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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