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Glowing, having drunk ale during annual event (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agleam

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'glowing having drunk ale during' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'annual event' is the wordplay.
'annual' becomes 'a' (this might be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'event' becomes 'gleam' (gleam is a kind of event).
'a'+'gleam'='AGLEAM'

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(Other definitions for agleam that I've seen before include "Bright" , "Shining brightly" , "Sparkling" , "scintillating" .)

I've seen this clue in the Independent.
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