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British-Australian Dame offering drink? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beverage

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'drink?' is the definition.
(I know that drink can be written as beverage)

'british-australian dame' is the wordplay.
'british-australian' becomes 'b' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'dame' becomes 'everage' (I've seen this before).
'b'+'everage'='BEVERAGE'

'offering' is the link.

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(Other definitions for beverage that I've seen before include "Liquid for drinking" , "Any drink, say a beer" , "Drink other than water" , "Liquid refreshment" , "Non-alcoholic drink" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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