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Times jumbo 9 down

Yes 'to ginger up' is to spur on.

Ginger


make someone or something more lively.
"she slapped his hand lightly to ginger him up"

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Its a simple enough question

Is it the Times 1186 cryptic ?

I think the OP simply wanted the definition of a word.

I'll give the clue if you want it

9d Encourage father to provide drink (6,3)

i asked simply because cryptastic said it was in the Times jumbo 9d
The clue is
Encourage father to provide drink (6'3)

Yes and they were asking if 'Ginger' and 'encourage' were synonymous