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Second drunk up to mix salad (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

toss

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'mix salad' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'second drunk up' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'drunk' becomes 'sot' (synonyms).
'up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in down clue: letters go upwards).
's'+'sot'='ssot'
'ssot' reversed gives 'TOSS'.

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for toss that I've seen before include "Leave decision to chance" , "Throw lightly and casually" , "Throw carelessly" , "Raise a little money" , "Fling" .)

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