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It summons you to create alcohol drinking record (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beeper

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'it summons you to' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'alcohol drinking record' is the wordplay.
'alcohol' becomes 'beer' (beer is a kind of alcohol).
'drinking' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are consumed or drunk).
'record' becomes 'EP' (abbreviation for extended play record).
'beer' enclosing 'ep' is 'BEEPER'.

'create' is the link.

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(Other definitions for beeper that I've seen before include "Electronic alarm" , "pager, perhaps" , "Emitter of electronic sound" , "electronic device" , "pager, eg" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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