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Gathering to consume drug? Honestly! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

really

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

'gathering to consume drug?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'drug?' could be 'e' (E is another name for ecstasy) and 'e' is located in the answer.
'gathering' could be 'rally' (rally is a kind of gathering) and 'rally' is located in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for really that I've seen before include "Go on" , "Do you mean it?" , "Truly, in fact" , "Actually, honest to God" , "Actually, in fact" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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