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Lacking fresh beer and newspaper (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bereft

'lacking' is the definition.
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'fresh beer and newspaper' is the wordplay.
'fresh' is an anagram indicator.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'newspaper' becomes 'FT' (Financial Times newspaper).
'beer' is an anagram of 'bere'.
'bere'+'ft'='BEREFT'

(Other definitions for bereft that I've seen before include "Deprived, of reason or loved one" , "Grieving from deprivation" , "Sad through loss or deprivation" , "Deprived of something precious" , "Having had something precious taken away" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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