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Possibly neat drink swallowed by worker (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ruminant

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'possibly neat' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'drink swallowed by worker' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'rum' (rum is a kind of drink).
'swallowed by' becomes 'in' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
'rum'+'in'+'ant'='RUMINANT'

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(Other definitions for ruminant that I've seen before include "Cud-chewing animal" , "Mammal that chews the cud" , "Cud chewer" , "One chews the cud" , "Cud-chewing mammal" .)

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