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Dine in ecstasy with a teaspoon (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eat

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'dine' is the definition.
(eat a meal)

'ecstasy with a teaspoon' is the wordplay.
'ecstasy' becomes 'E' (informal term for the drug).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'teaspoon' becomes 't' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'e'+'a'+'t'='EAT'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for eat that I've seen before include "Bite, chew and swallow" , "Have 23d [MEAL]" , "Bit, chew and swallow" , "Consume (food)" , "Take food" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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