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Stirring drink -- a sign of nerves? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dramatic

'stirring' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'drink a sign of nerves?' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'dram' (I've seen this before).
'sign of nerves?' becomes 'tic'.
'dram'+'a'+'tic'='DRAMATIC'

(Other definitions for dramatic that I've seen before include "Sensational, thrilling" , "with eye-popping effect!" , "spectacular" , "Sudden and striking" , "Like theatre" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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