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Derisive remark cut short during Wendy’s family tea (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

darjeeling

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

'derisive remark cut short during wendy's family' is the wordplay.
'derisive remark' becomes 'jeer' (I've seen this in another clue).
'cut short' means to remove the last letter.
'during' is an insertion indicator.
'wendy's family' becomes 'darling' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'jeer' with its final letter removed is 'jee'.
'jee' put within 'darling' is 'DARJEELING'.

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(Other definitions for darjeeling that I've seen before include "High-quality tea type" , "High-quality tea grown in northern India" , "High-quality Indian tea" , "Indian city" .)

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