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Most of France no longer accepting drink or cake (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gateau

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'cake' is the definition.
(gateau is a kind of cake)

'most of france no longer accepting drink' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'drink' could be 'tea' (tea is a drink) and 'tea' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'gau' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'or' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for gateau that I've seen before include "rich food" , "Richly decorated cake" , "Fancy cake" , "Rich cream cake" , "Afternoon snack" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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