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A cuppa for the cleaning lady? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

char

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'cleaning lady?' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'a cuppa for' is the wordplay.
'a cuppa' becomes 'cha'.
'for' becomes 'r' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cha'+'r'='CHAR'

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for char that I've seen before include "Burn lightly" , "Brown" , "Drink" , "Make black by burning, say toast" , "Sear - fish" .)

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