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Quantity of wine, say, knocked back in boozy spree (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

binge

'boozy spree' is the definition.

'quantity of wine say knocked back' is the wordplay.
'quantity of wine' becomes 'bin' (a bin is a type of container for wine bottles).
'say' becomes 'eg'.
'knocked back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'eg' written backwards gives 'ge'.
'bin'+'ge'='BINGE'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for binge that I've seen before include "Prolonged drinking session" , "Bust" , "Overindulge" , "Immoderate indulgence" , "Period of overindulgence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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