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Had a meal at the pub, as is only natural (6)

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I believe the answer is:

innate

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'natural' is the definition.
(I know that natural can be written as innate)

'had a meal at the pub' is the wordplay.
'had a meal' becomes 'ate' (ate a meal).
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'the pub' becomes 'inn' (an inn is a type of pub).
'ate' put after 'inn' is 'INNATE'.

'as is only' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for innate that I've seen before include "Congenital" , "Born" , "Inborn, natural to (6)" , "native" , "'Inborn, not learned (6)'" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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