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Refurbished local tea place (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

allocate

'place' is the definition.
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'refurbished local tea' is the wordplay.
'refurbished' indicates an anagram.
'local'+'tea'='localtea'
'localtea' with letters rearranged gives 'ALLOCATE'.

(Other definitions for allocate that I've seen before include "Assign or give to, say a duty" , "Deal" , "Allot" , "Assign for a purpose" , "Make assignments" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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