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Tea on beam is an annoyance (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chagrin

'an annoyance' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'tea on beam' is the wordplay.
'tea' becomes 'cha' (cha is a type of tea).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'beam' becomes 'grin' (I've seen this before).
'cha'+'grin'='CHAGRIN'

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for chagrin that I've seen before include "Annoyance at having been humiliated" , "Arching with annoyed disappointment" , "Disappointment, exasperation" , "Emotion" , "Frustration at having failed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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