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Like some tea gents? On vacation smoke marijuana (5-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

loose-leaf

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'like some tea' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'gents? on vacation smoke marijuana' is the wordplay.
'gents?' becomes 'loo' (gents toilet).
'on vacation' suggests removing the centre (after the inside letters have vacated the word).
'marijuana' becomes 'leaf' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'smoke' with its centre removed is 'se'.
'loo'+'se'+'leaf'='LOOSE-LEAF'

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(Other definitions for loose-leaf that I've seen before include "Like some folders" , "(Of a folder) with removable sheets" , "Describes binder with allows addition and removal of pages" , "Allowing the insertion and removal of pages" , "With pages that can be easily rearranged" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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