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Kind of spoon to slop tea all over the place! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apostle

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'kind of spoon' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'slop tea all over the place' is the wordplay.
'all over the place' indicates anagramming the letters.
'slop'+'tea'='sloptea'
'sloptea' with letters rearranged gives 'APOSTLE'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for apostle that I've seen before include "E.g. St Paul" , "Evangelist, proponent" , "Peter, perhaps" , "Follower of Christ" , "Champion - one of twelve" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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