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Beer with a portion of duck and a vegetable (4)

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I believe the answer is:

kale

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'a vegetable' is the definition.
(kale is a kind of vegetable)

'beer with a portion of duck' is the wordplay.
'beer' becomes 'ale' (type of beer).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a portion of duck' becomes 'k' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ale' put after 'k' is 'KALE'.

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for kale that I've seen before include "Hardy cabbage" , "Vegetable" , "(Curly?) cabbage" , "Cabbage variety" , "Curly-leafed cabbage" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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