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Beer imbibed by gut-chucking violent man (5)

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I believe the answer is:

valet

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'violent man' is the definition.
'valet' can be an answer for 'man' (synonyms). I am not sure about the 'violent' bit.

'beer imbibed by gut-chucking' is the wordplay.
'beer' becomes 'ale' (type of beer).
'imbibed by' is an insertion indicator.
'gut-chucking' becomes 'vt' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ale' placed within 'vt' is 'VALET'.

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(Other definitions for valet that I've seen before include "Man's personal attendant" , "dresser" , "Male servant" , "Jeeves?" , "Personal male assistant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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