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Missed tea coming out of coffee cup (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

demitasse

'coffee cup' is the definition.
(demitasse is a kind of coffee cup)

'missed tea coming out' is the wordplay.
'coming out' is an anagram indicator.
'missed'+'tea'='missedtea'
'missedtea' anagrammed gives 'DEMITASSE'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for demitasse that I've seen before include "Coffee-cup" , "little cup" , "Small cup for black coffee" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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