### Clue: Drink Japanese drink, around noon, before snack (9)
### Answer: SNAKEBITE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Drink
 SAKE(a Japanese alcoholic drink) **containing**() N(abbrev. for "noon") **placed above**(before, in a down clue) BITE(a snack/a titbit – *what does she get when she goes for a late supper in her date's apartment?*).
Defn: … of cider and lager in equal proportions.