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Smuggled booze before start of Government disposal (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ranging

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'smuggled booze before start of government disposal' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'smuggled booze before start of government' is the wordplay.
'smuggled' becomes 'ran' (I've seen this in other clues).
'booze' becomes 'gin' (gin is a kind of booze**).
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'start of' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'government' is 'g'.
'ran'+'gin'+'g'='RANGING'

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(Another definition for ranging that I've seen is " travelling far and wide".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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