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Name of chap taking one drink (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

martini

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

'name of chap taking one' is the wordplay.
'name of chap' becomes 'martin' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'taking' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'one' becomes 'I' (Roman numeral).
'martin'+'i'='MARTINI'

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(Other definitions for martini that I've seen before include "obtained from a bottle" , "rifle" , "Sienese painter" , "Type of Italian vermouth" , "Alternative name for Simone Memmi, pre-Renaissance Italian painter" .)

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