Looked over drinks in fine spread (8)

I believe the answer is:

perfused

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'spread' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs can sometimes define each other.

'looked over drinks in fine' is the wordplay.
'looked over' becomes 'perused' (I've seen this in another clue).
'drinks' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'in fine' becomes 'f' (abbreviation. I am not sure about the 'in' bit.).
'perused' placed around 'f' is 'PERFUSED'.

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I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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