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Improve and take lad off for a drink (10,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evaporated milk

'a drink' is the definition.
(evaporated milk is a kind of drink)

'improve and take lad off' is the wordplay.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'off' indicates an anagram.
'take'+'lad'='takelad'
'improve' after 'takelad' is 'takeladimprove'.
'takeladimprove' is an anagram of 'EVAPORATED MILK'.

'for' is the link.

(Another definition for evaporated milk that I've seen is " food".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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