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Stylish and unusual tea chest seen around India (9)

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I believe the answer is:

aesthetic

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'stylish' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'unusual tea chest seen around india' is the wordplay.
'unusual' is an anagram indicator.
'seen around' is an insertion indicator.
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'tea'+'chest'='teachest'
'teachest' anagrammed gives 'aesthetc'.
'aesthetc' going around 'i' is 'AESTHETIC'.

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for aesthetic that I've seen before include "Concerned with the appreciation of beauty" , "Of pleasing appearance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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