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Married constituent imbibing beer is a villain (10)

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I believe the answer is:

malefactor

'villain' is the definition.
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'married constituent imbibing beer' is the wordplay.
'married' becomes 'm'.
'constituent' becomes 'factor' ('factor' can be a synonym of 'constituent'**).
'imbibing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'beer' becomes 'ale' (I've seen this before).
'm'+'factor'='mfactor'
'mfactor' going around 'ale' is 'MALEFACTOR'.

'is a' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for malefactor that I've seen before include "Wrongdoer" , "culprit?" , "Sinner" , "Criminal, evil-doer" , "bad person?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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