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Five years of lechery and alcohol (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lustrum

'five years' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'lechery and alcohol' is the wordplay.
'lechery' becomes 'lust' (I've seen this in other clues).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'alcohol' becomes 'rum' (alcoholic spirit).
'lust'+'rum'='LUSTRUM'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for lustrum that I've seen before include "Period of five years" , "several years" , "Period of 20 ac years" , "Five-year period" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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