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Purchase includes dry sandwich (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

butty

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

'purchase includes dry' is the wordplay.
'purchase' becomes 'buy' ('buy' can be a synonym of 'purchase').
'includes' is an insertion indicator.
'dry' becomes 'tt' (abbreviation for teetotal).
'buy' going around 'tt' is 'BUTTY'.

(Other definitions for butty that I've seen before include "Sandwich; towed barge" , "Partner" , "something to eat" , "Sandwich; freight barge" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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