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Knocked back one's ginger drink (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pepsi

'drink' is the definition.
(Pepsi is an example)

'knocked back one's ginger' is the wordplay.
'knocked back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'one's' becomes 'i's' (Roman numeral).
'ginger' becomes 'pep' (synonyms).
'is'+'pep'='ispep'
'ispep' written backwards gives 'PEPSI'.

(Another definition for pepsi that I've seen is " drink".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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