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Beer with head causes corpulence (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stoutness

'corpulence' is the definition.
('stoutness' can be a synonym of 'corpulence')

'beer with head' is the wordplay.
'beer' becomes 'stout' (I've seen this before**).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'head' becomes 'ness' (ness is a headland).
'stout'+'ness'='STOUTNESS'

'causes' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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