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Hide the drink cupboard (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

suppress

'hide' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'drink cupboard' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'sup' (to sup is to drink).
'cupboard' becomes 'press' (term for a large cupboard).
'sup'+'press'='SUPPRESS'

'the' is the link.

(Other definitions for suppress that I've seen before include "squash" , "Hush up, keep hidden" , "Keep down, hold back" , "Stifle or overpower" , "Stop publication of" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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