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Where to drink, shortly (3)

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pub

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'where to drink' is the definition.
(a place to have a drink)

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(Other definitions for pub that I've seen before include "A familiar hostelry" , "Slug and Lettuce, perhaps" , "Boozer" , "Place to drink" , "Inn, hostelry" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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