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Christen bachelor and sip tea perhaps (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

baptise

'christen' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'bachelor and sip tea perhaps' is the wordplay.
'bachelor' becomes 'B' (abbreviation e.g. BA=Bachelor of Arts).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
'sip'+'tea'='siptea'
'siptea' is an anagram of 'aptise'.
'b'+'aptise'='BAPTISE'

(Other definitions for baptise that I've seen before include "Give name" , "Administer the first RC sacrament" , "Christen" , "First Roman Catholic sacrament" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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