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Quick beer, right? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alert

'quick' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'beer right?' is the wordplay.
'beer' becomes 'ale' (I've seen this before).
'right?' becomes 'rt'.
'ale'+'rt'='ALERT'

(Other definitions for alert that I've seen before include "Watchful, sharp" , "alarm" , "In state of watchfulness" , "Lively" , "Watchful and bright" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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