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Bonus drink after an assortment of Italian morsels (9)

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I believe the answer is:

antipasti

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'assortment of italian morsels' is the definition.
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'bonus drink after an' is the wordplay.
'bonus drink' becomes 'anti' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'after' becomes 'past' (I've seen this in other clues).
'an' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral for one).
'anti'+'past'+'i'='ANTIPASTI'

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(Other definitions for antipasti that I've seen before include "Italian appetisers" , "starters in Rome" , "that's served in trattoria" , "Italian food selection" , "first course" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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