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Integrated student drinking beers at clubs (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coalesced

'integrated' is the definition.

'student drinking beers at clubs' is the wordplay.
'student' becomes 'coed' (co-ed is a kind of student).
'drinking' is an insertion indicator.
'beers' becomes 'ales' (I've seen this before).
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'clubs' becomes 'c' (abbreviation used in card games such as bridge).
'ales'+'c'='alesc'
'coed' enclosing 'alesc' is 'COALESCED'.

(Other definitions for coalesced that I've seen before include "Came together as one" , "Mixed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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