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One drink's taken in via the mouth in a novel way (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

originally

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(Other definitions for originally that I've seen before include "to begin with" , "At the start" , "new way" , "In the first place" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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