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Modern coffee — recommended daily allowance unknown (6-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

latter-day

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'modern' is the definition.
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'coffee recommended daily allowance unknown' is the wordplay.
'coffee' becomes 'latte' (type of coffee drink).
'recommended daily allowance' becomes 'rda' (this could be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'unknown' becomes 'y' (algebra).
'latte'+'rda'+'y'='LATTER-DAY'

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(Other definitions for latter-day that I've seen before include "Modern" , "Belonging to recent times" , "Church of Jesus Christ of ... Saints" , "Mormons belong to The Church of the . . . . . .-. . . Saints" , "Contemporary" .)

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