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Six cheers to excavation for nutrient (7,1)

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I believe the answer is:

vitamin e

'nutrient' is the definition.
(vitamin E is a kind of nutrient)

'six cheers to excavation' is the wordplay.
'six' becomes 'VI' (Roman numerals).
'cheers' becomes 'ta' (both can informally mean thank you).
'to excavation' becomes 'mine' (mine is a kind of excavation).
'vi'+'ta'+'mine'='VITAMIN E'

'for' is the link.

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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