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Latest drink supplier finally brought in to add energy to tournament (7-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stirrup-cup

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'latest drink' is the definition.
'stirrup cup' can be an answer for 'drink' (stirrup cup is a kind of drink). I am not sure about the 'latest' bit.

'supplier finally brought in to add energy to tournament' is the wordplay.
'finally' suggests the final letters.
'brought in to' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'add energy' becomes 'stirup' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to tournament' becomes 'cup' (eg the World Cup).
The final letter of 'supplier' is 'r'.
'r' placed within 'stirup' is 'stirrup'.
'stirrup'+'cup'='STIRRUP-CUP'

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