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Refreshment for most of army with tea to drink (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amaretto

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

'refreshment for most of army with tea' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'for' could be 'to' (eg both can mean 'in the opinion of') and 'to' is present in the answer.
'army' could be 're' (Royal Engineers army regiment) and 're' is found within the answer.
'tea' could be 't' (I've seen this in other clues) and 't' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for amaretto that I've seen before include "Italian almond liqueur" , "drink" , "Almond-flavoured liqueur" , "Ma, rotate the almond liqueur" , "rink" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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