The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DRAUGHT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result DRAUGHT
- Endlessly, the guard returned bringing sort of beer
- Plan announced for man on board
- Current man on board
- Plan, it’s said, to get some liquor
- A man‘s drink
- Kind of beer found on board?
- Doctor instructed to ignore first bit of wind?
- Man on board is a breath of fresh air
- Checker with Guardian back catalogues?
- Current of air upended the short beefeater?
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The straight part
We know that "Kind of beer" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case kind of beer = draught.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DRAUGHT mean?
DRAUGHT noun- A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
- Draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
- An act of drinking.
- The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
- A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.)
- Beer drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
- Depth of water needed to float a ship; depth below the water line to the bottom of a vessel's hull; depth of water drawn by a vessel.
- An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing.
- A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.
- A cheque, an order for money to be paid.
- Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
- A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
- A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.
- The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.
- The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.
- (possibly obsolete) The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something along or back.
- (possibly obsolete) The act of drawing in a net for fish.
- (possibly obsolete) That which is drawn in; a catch, a haul.
- A quantity that is requisitioned or drawn out from a larger population.
- To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
- To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
- To write a law.
- To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
- To select someone (or something) for a particular role or purpose.
- To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
- To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
- To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.
- To draw out; to call forth.
- To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.
- A checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.
- Ale: a type of beer brewed using top-fermenting yeast.
- A mild vesicatory.
- An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- Any picture or drawing.
- A sudden attack upon an enemy.