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Male cuts out drink (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

muscatel

'drink' is the definition.
(muscatel is a kind of drink)

'male cuts out' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'male'+'cuts'='malecuts'
'malecuts' is an anagram of 'MUSCATEL'.

(Other definitions for muscatel that I've seen before include "Type of wine - calumets (anag)" , "drink" , "Flavoured wine made with calumets" , "Sweet aromatic grape used for raisins, wine" , "Sweet grape variety" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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