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Coca leaf assortment? Collier may take his pick here (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coalface

'collier may take his pick here' is the definition.
(a collier might use a coal pick on a coalface)

'coca leaf assortment?' is the wordplay.
'assortment?' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'assortment' mean this).
'coca'+'leaf'='cocaleaf'
'cocaleaf' is an anagram of 'COALFACE'.

(Other definitions for coalface that I've seen before include "At which miner works" , "Where the action is - in a mine?" , "Part of mine" , "Where the real work takes place!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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