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Workplace doing away with cold drinks store (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

offie

'drinks store' is the definition.
(I know that offie is a type of drinks store)

'workplace doing away with cold' is the wordplay.
'workplace' becomes 'office' (I've seen this before).
'doing away with' suggests deleting specific letters.
'cold' becomes 'C' (eg on taps).
'office' with 'c' removed is 'OFFIE'.

(Other definitions for offie that I've seen before include "Liquor store" , "place for reds" , "source of booze" , "wine-store" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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