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Little booze where non-drinker gets round in (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tot

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'little booze' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.

'non-drinker gets round in' is the wordplay.
'non drinker' becomes 'tt' (Teetotaller abbreviation).
'gets round' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'tt' enclosing 'o' is 'TOT'.

'where' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tot that I've seen before include "nipper" , "Add the little child?" , "Drop" , "Get the sum for the child" , "Add up for baby" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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