Native Australians overcoming fetish about bush tea (7)
I believe the answer is:
rooibos
'tea' is the definition.
(I know that Rooibos is a tea)
'native australians overcoming fetish about' is the wordplay.
'native australians' becomes 'roos' (short for kangaroos).
'overcoming' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'fetish' becomes 'obi' (fetish or charm in obi or obeah witchcraft).
'about' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'obi' backwards is 'ibo'.
'roos' enclosing 'ibo' is 'ROOIBOS'.
'bush' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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