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I need tea cooked for prisoner (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

detainee

'for prisoner' is the definition.
(detainee is a kind of prisoner)

'i need tea cooked' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates anagramming the letters (letters cooked into a new form).
'i'+'need'+'tea'='ineedtea'
'ineedtea' anagrammed gives 'DETAINEE'.

(Other definitions for detainee that I've seen before include "Someone held in custody" , "confined person" , "Person kept in custody" , "One is held under guard, for political reasons perhaps" , "Prisoner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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