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Having drunk last of gin, passes on eats (5)

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I believe the answer is:

dines

'eats' is the definition.
(dining is a kind of eating)

'having drunk last of gin passes' is the wordplay.
'having drunk' is an insertion indicator.
'last of' suggests the final letters.
'passes' becomes 'dies' (passes away).
The final letter of 'gin' is 'n'.
'n' going inside 'dies' is 'DINES'.

'on' acts as a link.

(Another definition for dines that I've seen is " Eats".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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