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Love coming round to scoff short meal and drink (10,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

darjeeling tea

'drink' is the definition.
(type of drink)

'love coming round to scoff short meal' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'darling' (both are terms of endearment).
'coming round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'to scoff' becomes 'jeer' (both can mean to mock).
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'meal' becomes 'tea' (tea is a kind of meal).
'jeer' with its final letter taken off is 'jee'.
'darling' placed around 'jee' is 'darjeeling'.
'darjeeling'+'tea'='DARJEELING TEA'

'and' is the link.

(Another definition for darjeeling tea that I've seen is " Infusion from northern India".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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