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Give a fellow freshly brewed tea? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

donate

'give' is the definition.
(donating is a kind of giving)

'a fellow freshly brewed tea?' is the wordplay.
'a fellow' becomes 'don' (both can mean an academic).
'freshly brewed' indicates an anagram (letters in a fresh order).
'tea' is an anagram of 'ate'.
'don'+'ate'='DONATE'

(Other definitions for donate that I've seen before include "Contribute charitably" , "Give as a gift as to charity" , "Make a contribution" , "Contribute (to charity)" , "Give charitably - say blood" .)

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