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Lack of time following drink (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shortage

'lack of' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'time following drink' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 'age' (age is a kind of time).
'following' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'drink' becomes 'short' (**).
'age' after 'short' is 'SHORTAGE'.

(Other definitions for shortage that I've seen before include "Insufficiency" , "Scarcity" , "Want" , "Deficit" , "Need" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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