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Setter imbibing drink way down in Austria? (3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ski run

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'austria?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'setter imbibing drink way down' is the wordplay.
'setter' becomes 'sun' (the sun sets every day).
'imbibing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'drink way down' becomes 'kir' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'sun' placed around 'kir' is 'SKI RUN'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for ski run that I've seen before include "A trail for winter sportsmen" , "Boggy, swampy" , "Snow-covered slope" , "cold course" , "Recreational snow slope" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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