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Satisfactory beer should be served up for beast (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

okapi

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'for beast' is the definition.
(type of animal)

'satisfactory beer should be served up' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'satisfactory' could be 'ok' (similar in meaning) and 'ok' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for okapi that I've seen before include "Rare mammal" , "African animal related to the giraffe" , "Giraffe-related mammal" , "African leaves fancier" , "They're wild in central Africa" .)

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