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Warning from porter perhaps emptied restaurant (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alert

'warning' is the definition.
(I know that alert is a type of warning)

'porter perhaps emptied restaurant' is the wordplay.
'porter perhaps' becomes 'ale' (porter is a kind of ale).
'emptied' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'restaurant' with its centre taken out is 'rt'.
'ale'+'rt'='ALERT'

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for alert that I've seen before include "Vigilant - warning" , "Wakeful, observant" , "Signal danger" , "Thinking and acting quickly" , "Vigilantly attentive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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