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Warnings from Russia Today into beers (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alerts

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'warnings' is the definition.
(alert is a kind of warning)

'russia today into beers' is the wordplay.
'russia today' becomes 'rt' (this could be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'beers' becomes 'ales' (ale is a type of beer).
'rt' inserted inside 'ales' is 'ALERTS'.

'from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for alerts that I've seen before include "danger-signals" , "Warnings" , "Warns, draws attention to" , "Puts on guard, warns about impending danger" , "Draws attention to, a danger perhaps" .)

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