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Dispose of ale in time, drunk (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eliminate

'dispose of' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'ale in time drunk' is the wordplay.
'drunk' indicates an anagram.
'ale'+'in'+'time'='aleintime'
'aleintime' is an anagram of 'ELIMINATE'.

(Other definitions for eliminate that I've seen before include "Cut out" , "Murder" , "Discard - exclude" , "Exclude from further stage of competition" , "Eradicate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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