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Packs case of particularly strong drink (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scrumpy

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'strong drink' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'packs case of particularly' is the wordplay.
'packs' becomes 'scrum' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'case of' means to remove the middle letters (outsides of).
'particularly' with its middle taken out is 'py'.
'scrum'+'py'='SCRUMPY'

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(Other definitions for scrumpy that I've seen before include "Rough strong cider" , "alcohol" , "Strong drink" , "Rough dry cider" , "Strong English cider" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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