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Nick takes tea in South Leatherhead (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

steal

'nick' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'tea in south leatherhead' is the wordplay.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'south' becomes 's' ('S' can be a synonym of 'south').
'leatherhead' becomes 'l' (head letter of 'leather').
's'+'l'='sl'
'tea' going inside 'sl' is 'STEAL'.

'takes' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for steal that I've seen before include "Filch" , "Shoplift" , "Thieve" , "bag" , "Take unlawfully" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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