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Displeasure with a bad half of beer (5)

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I believe the answer is:

anger

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'displeasure' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'with a bad half of beer' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a bad' becomes 'ang' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'half of' indicates taking half.
'beer' halved is 'er'.
'ang' next to 'er' is 'ANGER'.

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(Other definitions for anger that I've seen before include "Strongly annoy" , "Strong displeasure" , "Range (anag)" , "Spleen" , "Irk" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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