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Free beer to all? That's not bad (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tolerable

'not bad' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'free beer to all?' is the wordplay.
'free' indicates an anagram.
'beer'+'to'+'all'='beertoall'
'beertoall' with letters rearranged gives 'TOLERABLE'.

'that's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tolerable that I've seen before include "Fairly good" , "may be accepted?" , "Bearable" , "Fair" , "Mediocre" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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