Cryptic crossword clue
What if drinking carries no risks, ultimately? 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SUPPOSING

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What does SUPPOSING mean?

SUPPOSING verb
  1. To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
  2. To theorize or hypothesize.
  3. To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
  4. To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.
  5. To put by fraud in the place of another.
SUPPOSING noun
  1. The act of making a supposition.
SUPPOSING conjunction
  1. If hypothetically (optionally followed by that)

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