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Quite unusual to find the French drink (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tequila

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

'quite unusual to find the french' is the wordplay.
'unusual' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to find' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the french' becomes 'la'.
'quite' is an anagram of 'tequi'.
'tequi'+'la'='TEQUILA'

(Other definitions for tequila that I've seen before include "Distilled agave drink" , "one in the slammer" , "Cocktail -- 1988 American crime film -- equaliser units (anag)" , "Equal it! (anag)" , "Mexican tipple" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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