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Rising in boozer, son saying “cheers” (7,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bottoms up

'cheers' is the definition.
(both can be said before having a drink)

'rising in boozer son saying' is the wordplay.
'rising' says the letters should be written in reverse (going up in a down clue).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'boozer' becomes 'pub' (UK slang).
'son' becomes 's' (genealogical abbreviation for son).
'saying' becomes 'motto' (motto is a kind of saying).
's'+'motto'='smotto'
'pub' placed around 'smotto' is 'pusmottob'.
'pusmottob' reversed gives 'BOTTOMS UP'.

(Other definitions for bottoms up that I've seen before include "Toast" , "down it goes!" , "Down the hatch!" , "Your good health!" , "Cheers!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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