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Review any ales drunk (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

analyse

'review' is the definition.
(I know that review is a kind of analyse)

'any ales drunk' is the wordplay.
'drunk' indicates anagramming the letters.
'any'+'ales'='anyales'
'anyales' anagrammed gives 'ANALYSE'.

(Other definitions for analyse that I've seen before include "Dissect" , "Break down into components parts and examine" , "test" , "Carefully examine" , "Any seal (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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