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Buffet and tea OK, about five. Something stronger? (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

neat vodka

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'buffet' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'tea ok about five something stronger?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'tea' is 'eat' which is within the answer.
'about' could be 'a' (abbreviation in Chambers) and 'a' is located in the answer.
'five' could be 'v' (Roman numeral) and 'v' is present in the answer.
'ok' could be 'nod' (I've seen this before) and 'nod' is found in the remaining letters.
A single letter 'k' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'and' is the link.

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