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Nothing special about discontinued milk drinks (2,5,6)

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I believe the answer is:

no great shakes

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'nothing special' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'about discontinued milk drinks' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'about' could be 'rea' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'rea' is located in the answer.
'drinks' could be 'shakes' (shake is a kind of drink) and 'shakes' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for no great shakes that I've seen before include "low on Richter scale?" , "nothing to write home about" , "Small earthquake" , "Nothing out of the ordinary" , "Fair" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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