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Having drunk beer, cook a light vegetable (5,9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

globe artichoke

'vegetable' is the definition.
(globe artichoke is a kind of vegetable)

'having drunk beer cook a light' is the wordplay.
'having drunk' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'have drunk' mean this (I've seen this in other clues)).
'beer'+'cook'+'a'+'light'='beercookalight'
'beercookalight' anagrammed gives 'GLOBE ARTICHOKE'.

(Other definitions for globe artichoke that I've seen before include "Flower head used as vegetable" , "plant" , "Blooming head" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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