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Farewell drink interrupts Victor's speech (11)

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I believe the answer is:

valediction

'farewell' is the definition.
(valediction is a kind of farewell)

'drink interrupts victor's speech' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'ale' (type of beer).
'interrupts' indicates putting letters inside.
'victor' becomes 'V' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'speech' becomes 'diction' (I've seen this before).
'v'+'diction'='vdiction'
'ale' put into 'vdiction' is 'VALEDICTION'.

(Another definition for valediction that I've seen is " Farewell".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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