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Going round knocking back shots, initially neat gin, getting sozzled (8)

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I believe the answer is:

spinning

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'going' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'round knocking back shots initially neat gin getting sozzled' is the wordplay.
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'knocking back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'shots' becomes 'nips' ('nip' can be a synonym of 'shot').
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
'getting sozzled' indicates an anagram (sozzled can mean drunk and therefore disordered).
The initial letter of 'neat' is 'n'.
'nips' written backwards gives 'spin'.
'n'+'gin'='ngin'
'ngin' anagrammed gives 'ning'.
'spin' going inside 'ning' is 'SPINNING'.

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(Other definitions for spinning that I've seen before include "Lily's not one for this activity" , "Revolving quickly and repeatedly around an axis" , "Rapidly rotating" , "being deceptive?" , "Jenny" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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