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Blended whiskey to crack open as roast’s cooked? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inwoven

'blended' is the definition.
(woven together)

'as roast's cooked?' is the wordplay.
'as' becomes 'in' (I've seen this in other clues).
'roast's cooked?' becomes 'woven' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in'+'woven'='INWOVEN'

'whiskey to crack open' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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