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Make blue alcohol after daiquiri's emptied (8)

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I believe the answer is:

dispirit

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'make blue' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I don't see how they can define each other.

'alcohol after daiquiri's emptied' is the wordplay.
'alcohol' becomes 'spirit' (alcoholic spirit).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'emptied' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'daiquiri' with its middle removed is 'di'.
'spirit' after 'di' is 'DISPIRIT'.

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(Other definitions for dispirit that I've seen before include "Cause to be downhearted" , "Deject, dishearten" , "Weigh" , "Make hopeless" , "Cause to feel low or depressed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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