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Attentive porter possibly has right time (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alert

'attentive' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'porter possibly has right time' is the wordplay.
'porter possibly' becomes 'ale' (porter is a kind of ale).
'has' says to put letters next to each other.
'right' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'ale'+'r'+'t'='ALERT'

(Other definitions for alert that I've seen before include "Signal danger" , "Lively" , "Watchful, quick-thinking" , "Vigilantly attentive" , "'Attentive, watchful (5)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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