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Volume of Corona one drinks at collection of book-lovers? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

literati

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'collection of book-lovers?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'volume of corona one drinks at' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'volume' could be 'liter' (I have seen 'American volume' mean 'liter' so perhaps 'volume' could also mean 'liter') and 'liter' is present in the answer.
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is present in the answer.
'at' is within the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for literati that I've seen before include "group of learned people" , "The bookish intelligentsia" , "Learned people, men of letters" , "Well-educated readers" , "educated set" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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