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International athlete drinks more fluid (7)

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I believe the answer is:

runnier

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'more fluid' is the definition.
(runny can mean fluid or liquid)

'international athlete drinks' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'international' could be 'un' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'un' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for runnier that I've seen before include "More liquid" , "becomes more fluid ..." .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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