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Port drinking at five to six? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

ratio

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'five to six?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'port drinking at' is the wordplay.
'port' becomes 'rio' (Rio de Janeiro is a port).
'drinking' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are consumed or drunk).
'rio' going around 'at' is 'RATIO'.

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(Other definitions for ratio that I've seen before include "Mathematical relation of one thing to another" , "Relationship between two numerical quantities" , "One-to-one, maybe" , "Relativity between two quantities" , "nine-to-five, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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