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Broker fermented red ale (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dealer

'broker' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'fermented red ale' is the wordplay.
'fermented' indicates an anagram.
'red'+'ale'='redale'
'redale' with letters rearranged gives 'DEALER'.

(Other definitions for dealer that I've seen before include "Merchant" , "Trader - distributor of cards" , "Trader as on Stock Exchange" , "Buyer and seller of goods" , "One gives out the cards" .)

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