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One to carry in drink? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

waiter

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'one to carry in drink?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'one to carry in drink?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is found within the answer.
'drink?' could be 'water' (water is an example) and 'water' is located in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for waiter that I've seen before include "One who serves at table" , "Estragon or Vladimir, for example" , "Server in restaurant" , "Restaurant staff member" , "One paid to serve" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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