The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SUNDOWNER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result SUNDOWNER
- Drink with students, going over grim experience
- Star has depressing experience after drink
- Newspaper proprietor taking daughter inside for a drink
- Star needs relaxant — a timely drink
- Drink with setter — a depressing experience
- Drink leads to ruin amongst wayward Wrens
- New rounds ordered for evening drink
- Newspaper proprietor checking daughter’s drink
- Depressing experience after star’s last drink of the day?
- Depressing experience after star offers drink
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The straight part
We know that "timely drink" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case timely drink = sundowner.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SUNDOWNER mean?
SUNDOWNER noun- An itinerant worker, such as a swagman, who arrives at a farm too late in the day to do any work, but readily accepts food and lodging.
- An itinerant worker, a swagman.
- A sea captain who shows harsh discipline by requiring all hands to be on board by sundown.
- A patient, usually demented, who tends to become agitated in the evening.
- (originally colonial slang, especially southern Africa) A cocktail consumed at sunset, or to signify the end of the day.
- A cocktail party held in the early evening.
- A physician employed by the government who practises for private fees after his official hours.
- Any worker who practises for private fees after official hours.