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Weird old men devour a European drink (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lemonade

'drink' is the definition.
(lemonade is a kind of drink)

'weird old men devour a european' is the wordplay.
'weird' indicates an anagram.
'devour' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are swallowed or devoured).
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'old'+'men'='oldmen'
'oldmen' is an anagram of 'lemond'.
'lemond' placed around 'a' is 'lemonad'.
'lemonad'+'e'='LEMONADE'

(Other definitions for lemonade that I've seen before include "it refreshes" , "Sweetened beverage of diluted juice" , "Do enamel this strange drink" , "Sweet beverage of diluted juice" , "something refreshing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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