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Please try a new blend on its own (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

separately

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'its own' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'please try a new blend' is the wordplay.
'new blend' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'please'+'try'+'a'='pleasetrya'
'pleasetrya' is an anagram of 'SEPARATELY'.

'on' is the link.

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(Another definition for separately that I've seen is " Individually".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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