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Eats in mess for tea (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tisane

'tea' is the definition.
(tisane is a kind of tea)

'eats in mess' is the wordplay.
'mess' indicates anagramming the letters.
'eats'+'in'='eatsin'
'eatsin' with letters rearranged gives 'TISANE'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for tisane that I've seen before include "relaxing drink" , "Herb tea" , "Herbal infusion" , "Herb-tea" , "Infusion of e.g. dried or fresh flowers or leaves" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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