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Grilled cheese scoffed after case of Drambuie (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

debriefed

'grilled' is the definition.
(grill can mean to interrogate someone)

'cheese scoffed after case of drambuie' is the wordplay.
'cheese' becomes 'brie' (Brie is an example).
'scoffed' becomes 'fed'.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'case of' means to remove the middle letters (outsides of).
'drambuie' with its centre removed is 'de'.
'brie'+'fed'='briefed'
'briefed' put after 'de' is 'DEBRIEFED'.

(Other definitions for debriefed that I've seen before include "Questioned after completing a mission" , "Gathered info on return from a mission, from a soldier say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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