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Choosy about tea? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chary

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'choosy about tea?' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech.

'choosy about tea?' is the wordplay.
'choosy' becomes 'ry' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'about' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'tea?' becomes 'cha' (cha is a type of tea).
'ry' after 'cha' is 'CHARY'.

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(Other definitions for chary that I've seen before include "Cautiously reluctant" , "Cautious, wary" , "Careful" , "Circumspect" , "cagy" .)

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