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Complaint by players dismissing latest nourishing drink (4,3)

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I believe the answer is:

beef tea

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'drink' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'complaint by players dismissing latest nourishing' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'complaint' could be 'beef' (I've seen this before) and 'beef' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'tea' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for beef tea that I've seen before include "Meat solution for invalids" , "Bovril" , "Drink made from boiled meat" , "Meaty drink" , "Savoury drink" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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