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Clutching honour, weary and full of beams? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

timbered

'full of beams?' is the definition.
(with timber beams)

'clutching honour weary' is the wordplay.
'clutching' is an insertion indicator.
'honour' becomes 'MBE'.
'weary' becomes 'tired' (similar in meaning).
'mbe' going into 'tired' is 'TIMBERED'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for timbered that I've seen before include "such houses?" , "of wood" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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