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Drink with dark beer fan (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

supporter

'fan' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'drink with dark beer' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'sup' (I've seen this before).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'dark beer' becomes 'porter'.
'sup'+'porter'='SUPPORTER'

(Other definitions for supporter that I've seen before include "sports fan?" , "Champion" , "Advocate" , "Fan; heraldic figure" , "Stay" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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