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Drink and gossip endlessly (3)

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I believe the answer is:

cha

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

'gossip endlessly' is the wordplay.
'gossip' becomes 'chat' ('chat' can be a synonym of 'gossip').
'endlessly' means to remove the last letter.
'chat' with its last letter removed is 'CHA'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for cha that I've seen before include "drink" , "Tea (colloq.)" , "Rosie Lee (slang)" , "Tea (colloquial)" , "not allowed in ski lodge" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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