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Week everyone put to work for beer and punch (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wallop

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'punch' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'week everyone put to work' is the wordplay.
'week' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'everyone' becomes 'all' (all people).
'put' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'to work' becomes 'op' (abbreviation for opus).
'w'+'all'+'op'='WALLOP'

'for beer and' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for wallop that I've seen before include "Beat" , "big hit" , "Punch" , "Strike very hard" , "A heavy resounding blow (6)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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