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Officer has American drink (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cola

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

'officer has american' is the wordplay.
'officer' becomes 'col' (I've seen this before**).
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'american' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'col'+'a'='COLA'

(Other definitions for cola that I've seen before include "Cold drink" , "Fizzy drink" , "pop" , "Carbonated soft drink" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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