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You could drink to such friends (5)

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I believe the answer is:

stout

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'to such friends' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'you could drink' is the wordplay.
'you' becomes 'u' (homophones).
'could' becomes 'stot' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'drink' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'u' put inside 'stot' is 'STOUT'.

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(Other definitions for stout that I've seen before include "Portly or stalwart" , "Thick; beer" , "of above-average weight" , "Fat; dependable" , "Kind of beer" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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