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Cryptic: 16d. "Mean worker, perhaps, with last bit of lager - this won't get him drunk!" (4,4)
? e ? ? ? e ? r
I think "beer" may be the last word. bee (worker) + r (last bit of lager)?

near beer

Thanks Terry As Was - but the brain is still frozen this morning - How do we get "near"?

near can mean mean, as in tight-fisted.

Thanks Terry As Was - that meaning for "near" now added to my vocab!