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Coffee makes you stronger, they say (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

robusta

'coffee' is the definition.
(type of coffee bean)

'stronger they say' is the wordplay.
'stronger' becomes 'robuster'.
'they say' shows a homophone (sound like).
'robuster' sounds like 'ROBUSTA'.

'makes you' is the link.

(Other definitions for robusta that I've seen before include "Here's coffee" , "One kind of coffee" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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