Popular custom, British into beer: fine for residents! (11)

I believe the answer is:

inhabitable

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'fine for residents' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'popular custom british into beer' is the wordplay.
'popular' becomes 'in' ('in' can mean trendy).
'custom' becomes 'habit' (habit is a kind of custom).
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in BBC).
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'beer' becomes 'ale' (type of beer).
'b' going within 'ale' is 'able'.
'in'+'habit'+'able'='INHABITABLE'

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(Other definitions for inhabitable that I've seen before include "monastery should be so" , "Such as may be lived in" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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