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Dried leaves used by the wheatear (3)

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I believe the answer is:

tea

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'dried leaves' is the definition.
'tea' can be an answer for 'leaves' (as in tea leaves). I'm not sure about the 'dried' bit.

'used by the wheatear' is the wordplay.
'used by' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue.
'TEA' is hidden in the letters of 'wheatear'.

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(Other definitions for tea that I've seen before include "For Japanese ceremony" , "Assam, e.g." , "Common drink" , "Oolong, for example" , "- - for Two (song)" .)

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