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At last, dessert, in a city in Australia - it's a beer (5)

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I believe the answer is:

tinny

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'australia it's a beer' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'at last dessert in a city' is the wordplay.
'at last' indicates one should take the final letters.
'a city' becomes 'ny' (short for New York).
The last letter of 'dessert' is 't'.
't'+'in'+'ny'='TINNY'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tinny that I've seen before include "Of poor audio quality" , "Lacking resonance" , "insubstantial" , "Sounding thin and metallic" , "appear so badly constructed?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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