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Excellent beer served up in Crown & Sceptre? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

regalia

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'crown sceptre?' is the definition.
'regalia' can be an answer for 'crown' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'sceptre?' bit.

'excellent beer served up' is the wordplay.
'excellent' becomes 'ai' (resembles 'A1', old-fashioned term for excellent).
'beer' becomes 'lager' (type of beer).
'served up' is a reversal indicator (in a down clue, going upwards).
'ai'+'lager'='ailager'
'ailager' backwards is 'REGALIA'.

'in' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for regalia that I've seen before include "ceremonial gear" , "Ceremonial robes" , "Royal items" , "Trappings of royalty" , "Paraphernalia indicative of high office" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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