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We'll drink to these, showing absurdly fab trendiness (6,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

absent friends

'we'll drink to these' is the definition.
(as in a toast 'to absent friends')

'absurdly fab trendiness' is the wordplay.
'absurdly' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'fab'+'trendiness'='fabtrendiness'
'fabtrendiness' is an anagram of 'ABSENT-FRIENDS'.

'showing' is the link.

(Another definition for absent friends that I've seen is " Those honoured in a toast".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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