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Bananas were imported into Brazil for drink supplier (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

edit

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'bananas were imported into brazil' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'drink supplier' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'drink' could be 'it' and 'it' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'for' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for edit that I've seen before include "Amend text" , "Censor" , "Literally, arrange" , "Revise text" , "modify text" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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