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Enjoyable pale ale rubs the wrong way (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pleasurable

'enjoyable' is the definition.
(I know that enjoyable can be written as pleasurable)

'pale ale rubs the wrong way' is the wordplay.
'the wrong way' indicates an anagram (the letters in the wrong order).
'pale'+'ale'+'rubs'='palealerubs'
'palealerubs' anagrammed gives 'PLEASURABLE'.

(Other definitions for pleasurable that I've seen before include "Enjoyable" , "Delightful" , "Such as gives enjoyment" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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