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Recover from scam by having five beers outside cafe? (10)

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I believe the answer is:

convalesce

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'recover' is the definition.
(I know that recover can be written as convalesce)

'scam by having five beers outside cafe?' is the wordplay.
'scam' becomes 'con' (both can mean a fraudulent scheme).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'having five' becomes 'v' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'beers' becomes 'ales' (ale is a type of beer).
'outside' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (I've seen 'outside of' mean this).
'cafe' with its middle taken out is 'ce'.
'con'+'v'+'ales'+'ce'='CONVALESCE'

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for convalesce that I've seen before include "Recover after an illness" , "Improve" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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