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Drink cold water before date, excitedly (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

iced tea

'drink' is the definition.
(iced tea is a kind of drink)

'cold water before date excitedly' is the wordplay.
'cold water' becomes 'ice'.
'before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'excitedly' indicates an anagram (letters excited or stimulated into a new form).
'date' is an anagram of 'dtea'.
'ice'+'dtea'='ICED TEA'

(Other definitions for iced tea that I've seen before include "Chilled drink" , "Cold summer drink" , "Cool drink" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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