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I'm getting tea -- it's nuts for parrot (7)

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I believe the answer is:

imitate

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

'i'm getting tea it's nuts' is the wordplay.
'getting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'nuts' is an anagram indicator (nuts can mean crazy).
'tea'+'it'='teait'
'teait' is an anagram of 'itate'.
'im'+'itate'='IMITATE'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for imitate that I've seen before include "Follow suit" , "'Ape, copy (7)'" , "Reproduce" , "Copy or mimic" , "Appear like, in behaviour or appearance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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