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Native British men in pub (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inborn

'native' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'british men in pub' is the wordplay.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in BBC).
'men' becomes 'OR' (Other Ranks: non-commissioned soldiers).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'pub' becomes 'inn' (an inn is a type of pub).
'b'+'or'='bor'
'bor' inserted into 'inn' is 'INBORN'.

(Other definitions for inborn that I've seen before include "naturally!" , "Native" , "Congenital" , "that's natural" , "Normally existing at birth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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