Tory leader in victory drinks getting money during rally? (12)

I believe the answer is:

convalescent

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'during rally?' is the definition.
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'tory leader in victory drinks getting money' is the wordplay.
'tory' becomes 'con' (I've seen this before).
'leader in' indicates taking the first letters.
'drinks' becomes 'ales' (I've seen this before).
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'money' becomes 'cent' (I've seen this before**).
The initial letter of 'victory' is 'v'.
'con'+'v'+'ales'+'cent'='CONVALESCENT'

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(Other definitions for convalescent that I've seen before include "One may be showing improvement" , "Novel accents (anag) -- gradually recovering health" , "Person picking up" , "(Person) getting better" , "Recuperating" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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