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Where liquor-drinking drunk might find solace briefly (2,5)

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in short

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'briefly' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for in short that I've seen before include "to be brief" , "Concisely" , "To sum up, briefly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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