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Story heard before another drink (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

light ale

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

'story heard before another' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'story' could be 'tale' (synonyms) and 'tale' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for light ale that I've seen before include "Drink" , "(Weak) bottled beer" .)

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