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Party with little quantity of beer is in order (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dominican

'order' is the definition.
(Dominican Order of monks)

'party with little quantity of beer' is the wordplay.
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'little' becomes 'mini'.
'quantity of beer' becomes 'can' (a can of beer).
'do'+'mini'+'can'='DOMINICAN'

'is in' is the link.

(Other definitions for dominican that I've seen before include "West Indian" , "Brother" , "Black Friar" , "Republican" , "One working in order" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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