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Drink ruined a nice hat (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

china tea

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

'ruined a nice hat' is the wordplay.
'ruined' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'nice'+'hat'='anicehat'
'anicehat' anagrammed gives 'CHINA TEA'.

(Other definitions for china tea that I've seen before include "Leaves for drink" , "Eastern drink" , "cuppa?" .)

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