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Bread, tea and milk around India (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chapati

'bread' is the definition.
(chapati is a kind of bread)

'tea and milk around india' is the wordplay.
'tea' becomes 'cha' (cha is a type of tea).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'milk' becomes 'tap' (both can mean to exploit or use).
'around' says the letters should be written backwards.
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'tap' in reverse letter order is 'pat'.
'cha'+'pat'+'i'='CHAPATI'

(Other definitions for chapati that I've seen before include "Indian pancake" , "Unleavened bread of the subcontinent" , "Sort of bread" , "Piece of bread (Indian)" , "What Indian waiter might bring" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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