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Goes out after school clutching soft drink (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

schnapps

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'goes out after school clutching soft drink' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'clutching soft drink' is the wordplay.
'clutching' is an insertion indicator.
'soft' becomes 'p' (musical abbreviation for 'piano', soft).
'drink' becomes 'schnaps' (schnaps is a kind of drink).
'p' inserted into 'schnaps' is 'SCHNAPPS'.

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(Other definitions for schnapps that I've seen before include "Holland gin" , "Strong gin-like drink" , "German alcoholic spirit" , "Various strong spirits drunk in N Europe, consonant heavy" , "Booze" .)

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