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Wind up drinks with sweetheart (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tease

'wind up' is the definition.
(to wind up is to tease or annoy)

'drinks with sweetheart' is the wordplay.
'drinks' becomes 'teas' (tea is a kind of drink).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'sweetheart' becomes 'e' (the middle letter or heart of 'sweet').
'teas'+'e'='TEASE'

(Other definitions for tease that I've seen before include "Twit - flirt" , "Chaff" , "Annoy good-naturedly" , "Kid" , "Gently make fun of (someone)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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