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Lounge about and I have a soft drink and a sweet (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lollipop

'a sweet' is the definition.
(lollipop is a kind of sweet)

'lounge about and i have a soft drink' is the wordplay.
'lounge about' becomes 'loll' ('loll' can be a synonym of 'lounge about').
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'have' says to put letters next to each other.
'a soft drink' becomes 'pop' (pop is a kind of soft drink).
'loll'+'i'+'pop'='LOLLIPOP'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for lollipop that I've seen before include "sucker" , "Boiled sweet" , "Popsicle" , "Confection on a stick" , "Nutcracker Suite, say" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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