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Wholesaler's current account with booze comedian's drunk (4-3-5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cash-and-carry

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'wholesaler's' is the definition.

'current account with booze comedian's drunk' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'current' could be 'dc' (abbreviation for direct current) and 'dc' is found within the answer.
'account' could be 'cash' (cash account is a kind of account) and 'cash' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for cash-and-carry that I've seen before include "Wholesale warehouse" , "Type of wholesale store" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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