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Kid very loud following drink (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chaff

'kid' is the definition.
(I know that kid can be written as chaff)

'loud following drink' is the wordplay.
'loud' becomes 'ff' (musical abbreviation for fortissimo, very loud).
'following' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'drink' becomes 'cha' (cha can mean tea).
'ff' put after 'cha' is 'CHAFF'.

'very' is the link.

(Other definitions for chaff that I've seen before include "Corn husks - worthless stuff" , "Husks - jokes" , "Refuse - banter" , "Winnowed husks of grain" , "Corn-husks separated from the grain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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