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Exclusive pub with beer oddly missing (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inner

'exclusive' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'pub with beer oddly missing' is the wordplay.
'pub' becomes 'inn' (an inn is a type of pub).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'oddly missing' indicates alternate letters (letters in odd-numbered positions removed).
The alternate letters of 'beer' are 'er'.
'inn'+'er'='INNER'

(Other definitions for inner that I've seen before include "Situated within" , "Nearer to the centre, deeper" , "Target zone" , "Central area of a city, often old" , "Ring round bulls-eye" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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