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Quite a cocktail holding large drink (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tequila

'drink' is the definition.
(tequila is a kind of drink)

'quite a cocktail holding large' is the wordplay.
'cocktail' is an anagram indicator.
'holding' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'large' becomes 'l'.
'quite'+'a'='quitea'
'quitea' is an anagram of 'tequia'.
'tequia' placed around 'l' is 'TEQUILA'.

(Other definitions for tequila that I've seen before include "Mexican tipple" , "Mexican agave spirit" , "Mexican alcoholic drink" , "one in the slammer" , "Equal it! (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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