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Quiet beer for an upright member (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pale

'an upright member' is the definition.
(pale can mean a stake or post)

'quiet beer' is the wordplay.
'quiet' becomes 'p' (music symbol for 'piano', ie soft or quiet).
'beer' becomes 'ale' (type of beer).
'p'+'ale'='PALE'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for pale that I've seen before include "heraldic stripe" , "Colourless" , "Having less colour than normal" , "Not bright - limit" , "Whitish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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