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Beer garden's final wader (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bittern

'wader' is the definition.
(wading bird)

'beer garden's final' is the wordplay.
'beer' becomes 'bitter' (bitter is a type of beer).
'final' says to take the final letters.
The last letter of 'garden' is 'n'.
'bitter'+'n'='BITTERN'

(Other definitions for bittern that I've seen before include "Bird of marshes" , "Bird with a booming cry" , "large wader" , "inhabitant of marsh" , "Marsh bird of the heron family" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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