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Tailor-made without model for a dippy Indian type (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raita

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'tailor-made without' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'model for a dippy indian type' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'model' could be 't' (Ford Model T car) and 't' is found within the answer.
'a' is within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ria' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for raita that I've seen before include "Something with yoghurt" , "Indian yogurt and vegetable dish" , "Cucumber and mint Indian dip" , "side order" , "Indian side-dish of cucumber and yoghurt" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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