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Fix mood having drunk a barrel (4,4)

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I believe the answer is:

make good

'fix' is the definition.
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'mood having drunk a barrel' is the wordplay.
'having drunk' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'barrel' becomes 'keg' (keg is a kind of barrel).
'a'+'keg'='akeg'
'mood' placed around 'akeg' is 'MAKE GOOD'.

(Other definitions for make good that I've seen before include "Succeed in life, do well" , "Replace (loss); fulfil (promise)" , "Repair; do well" , "Repair; be successful" , "Succeed, become prosperous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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