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Vodka, lots drunk, I see consumed here? (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vladivostok

'here?' is the definition.
The answer is a location as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'vodka lots drunk i see consumed' is the wordplay.
'drunk' is an anagram indicator.
'see' becomes 'v' (Latin 'vide', used to direct a reader to a source).
'consumed' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'i'+'v'='iv'
'vodka'+'lots'='vodkalots'
'vodkalots' with letters rearranged gives 'vladostok'.
'vladostok' enclosing 'iv' is 'VLADIVOSTOK'.

(Other definitions for vladivostok that I've seen before include "Asian city" , "Russian city, Trans-Siberian Railway terminus" , "Russian Pacific Ocean port" , "Seaport of Asian Russia" .)

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