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New to drink, run empire badly (2,7)

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I believe the answer is:

en primeur

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'new to drink' is the definition.
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'run empire badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram (letters in the wrong order).
'run'+'empire'='runempire'
'runempire' anagrammed gives 'EN PRIMEUR'.

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