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Escort has tea with Juan the despot (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chaperon

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'escort' is the definition.
(chaperoning is a kind of escorting)

'tea with juan the despot' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'tea' could be 'cha' (cha is a type of tea) and 'cha' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'peron' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'has' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for chaperon that I've seen before include "Woman supervising girl" , "Attendant" , "One accompanies and looks after another person or group" , "One accompanies to supervise" , "Preach on about older woman supervisor" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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