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They aren't commonly forward in pubs! (6)

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I believe the answer is:

barons

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'they aren't commonly' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.

'forward in pubs' is the wordplay.
'forward' becomes 'on'.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'pubs' becomes 'bars' (I've seen this in other clues).
'on' placed inside 'bars' is 'BARONS'.

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(Other definitions for barons that I've seen before include "No bars for the British peers" , "Lords" , "Low-ranking British peers" .)

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