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Recover from wild drinking in beerhall, finally (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

salvage

'recover' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'wild drinking in beerhall finally' is the wordplay.
'wild' becomes 'savage' (similar in meaning).
'drinking in' indicates putting letters inside (some letters get drunk in).
'finally' says to take the final letters.
The last letter of 'beerhall' is 'l'.
'savage' enclosing 'l' is 'SALVAGE'.

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for salvage that I've seen before include "Rescue of goods from peril" , "Rescue of a damaged ship or its cargo" , "Rescued sunken cargo" , "Rescue (lost cargo)" , "Retrieve (goods) from wreck" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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