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Hot drink yours truly had lacking flavour (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

insipid

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

'hot drink yours truly had' is the wordplay.
'hot' becomes 'in' (both can mean fashionable).
'drink' becomes 'sip' (sipping is a kind of drinking).
'yours truly had' becomes 'I'd' ('I had', referring to the crossword setter).
'in'+'sip'+'id'='INSIPID'

(Other definitions for insipid that I've seen before include "dry" , "Bland, flavourless" , "Tasteless" , "Wishy-washy" , "Lacking in flavour or interest" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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