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Mix hash with a gin and port (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shanghai

'port' is the definition.
(I know that Shanghai is a port)

'mix hash with a gin' is the wordplay.
'mix' indicates an anagram.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'a'+'gin'='agin'
'hash' put after 'agin' is 'aginhash'.
'aginhash' with letters rearranged gives 'SHANGHAI'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for shanghai that I've seen before include "China's largest city" , "Trick (someone) into doing something" , "Force to join ship's crew, Chinese port" , "Might the Shah gain in China?" , "It's wrong to gain hash in the Chinese city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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