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Let's raise second and third glass of beer (6)

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I believe the answer is:

stella

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'beer' is the definition.
(Stella Artois)

'let's raise second and third glass' is the wordplay.
'raise' is a reversal indicator.
'second and' becomes 'l' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'third glass' becomes 'a' (3rd letter of 'glass').
'lets' back-to-front is 'stel'.
'stel'+'l'+'a'='STELLA'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for stella that I've seen before include "Girl's name meaning star" , "lady?" , "____ McCartney, fashion designer" , "girl!" , "Swift alias for Esther" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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