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Time for both hands to cradle beer (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lager

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'beer' is the definition.
(type of beer)

'time for both hands to cradle' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'time' could be 'age' (an age is a period of time) and 'age' is found in the answer.
'hands' could be 'lr' (abbreviations for left and right) and 'lr' is located in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for lager that I've seen before include "Regal kind of beer" , "Regal (anag) - drink" , "African camp" , "Regal sort of beer" , "Lout's drink?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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