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Servicemen with quantities of booze (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

units

This clue is a double definition.

'servicemen' is the first definition.
(a unit can be a body of soldiers)

'quantities of booze' is the second definition.
('unit' is standard measure of alcohol)

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for units that I've seen before include "Measures of alcohol" , "Single things" , "Single items or standard quantities" , "Individual things as parts of a whole" , "Apparatus similar to barbecue" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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