I love drinking rum to dodge being shaken (2,7)
I believe the answer is:
in turmoil
'shaken' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'i love drinking rum to dodge' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'nil' (love and nil mean zero in cricket and football).
'drinking' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are consumed or drunk).
'dodge' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'dodged' mean this).
'rum'+'to'='rumto'
'rumto' is an anagram of 'turmo'.
'nil' placed around 'turmo' is 'nturmoil'.
'i'+'nturmoil'='IN TURMOIL'
'being' acts as a link.
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I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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