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Cut further beer and spirits (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

morale

'spirits' is the definition.
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'cut further beer' is the wordplay.
'cut' means to remove the last letter.
'further' becomes 'more' ('more' can be a synonym of 'further').
'beer' becomes 'ale' (I've seen this before).
'more' with its last letter removed is 'mor'.
'mor'+'ale'='MORALE'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for morale that I've seen before include "State of mental confidence" , "General level of confidence or optimism" , "Strength of purpose" , "Spirits" , "The spirit of a group or individual" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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