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Look like rowdy males lacking a beer (8)

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I believe the answer is:

resemble

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

'rowdy males lacking a beer' is the wordplay.
'rowdy' indicates an anagram.
'lacking' is a deletion indicator.
'males' with 'a' removed is 'mles'.
'mles'+'beer'='mlesbeer'
'mlesbeer' with letters rearranged gives 'RESEMBLE'.

(Other definitions for resemble that I've seen before include "Look or be like another" , "favour" , "Echo" , "Be like another in appearance" , "Look similar to" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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