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Led astray after beer serving? It's wicked (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

candle

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'serving? it's wicked' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'led astray after beer' is the wordplay.
'astray' indicates an anagram.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'beer' becomes 'can' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'led' anagrammed gives 'dle'.
'dle' after 'can' is 'CANDLE'.

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(Other definitions for candle that I've seen before include "Waxy light source" , "Lanced (anag)" , "Artificial light" , "that's useful if power's cut" , "that's wicked!" .)

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