The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 2 plus 3 letter word YARD OF ALE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result YARD OF ALE
- Long drink for a lady dancing with energy
- After work, delay for a long drink
- Lots of booze for a day out with the French
- ‘Much beer ordered for lad?’ ‘Aye’
- … that which is already brewed with infusion of old fruits initially
- Sliced loaf ready — long drink needed
- Long drink in bloke's garden, perhaps miles away
- New foal ready for a long drink
- Tall order in the beer garden
- Visiting university, Australian redhead drained one firkin at first, large amount of booze
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The straight part
We know that "Lots of booze" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case lots of booze = yard of ale.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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