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Long drink very quietly consumed, a juice? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

pineapple

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'a juice?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'long drink very quietly consumed' is the wordplay.
'long' becomes 'pine' (to pine for someone is to long for them).
'drink' becomes 'ale' (type of beer).
'very quietly' becomes 'pp' (musical abbreviation for pianissimo).
'consumed' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ale' placed around 'pp' is 'apple'.
'pine'+'apple'='PINEAPPLE'

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(Other definitions for pineapple that I've seen before include "Large fleshy fruit with a tuft of stiff leaves" , "that might go off?" , "One may go off" , "Large juicy tropical fruit, or a grenade" , "Juicy tropical fruit often sold segmented" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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