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Composition of beer given to minister (9)

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I believe the answer is:

pastorale

'composition' is the definition.
(pastorale is a kind of musical composition)

'beer given to minister' is the wordplay.
'beer' becomes 'ale' (I've seen this before).
'given to' says to put letters next to each other.
'minister' becomes 'pastor' ('pastor' can be a synonym of 'minister'**).
'ale' after 'pastor' is 'PASTORALE'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for pastorale that I've seen before include "Some country music" , "Simple play with a rural subject" , "play about 2 [ARCADIA]?" , "Musical work" , "What may feature actors" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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