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Duck leaves drink by lake (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

teal

'duck' is the definition.
(teal is a type of duck)

'drink by lake' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'tea' (tea is a drink).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'lake' becomes 'L' (geographical abbreviation).
'tea'+'l'='TEAL'

'leaves' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for teal that I've seen before include "bird" , "Small freshwater duck and colour" , "Small river duck" , "Variety of duck" , "Type of duck" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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