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Quietly bent on getting a drink? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parched

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'getting a drink' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'quietly bent on' is the wordplay.
'quietly' becomes 'p' (p for piano and quiet).
'bent' becomes 'arched' (arching is a kind of bending).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'p'+'arched'='PARCHED'

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(Other definitions for parched that I've seen before include "Dried out by heat" , "Extremely dry" , "Deprived of water" , "Made dry and thirsty" .)

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