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A drink for the inexperienced? (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

green tea

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'a drink for the inexperienced?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'drink for the inexperienced?' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'tea' (tea is a kind of drink).
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'the inexperienced?' becomes 'green' (I've seen this before).
'tea' after 'green' is 'GREEN TEA'.

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(Other definitions for green tea that I've seen before include "Beverage" , "brew-up?" , "Food at the golf club" , "Oriental leaves" , "Teen rage (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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