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Tea still brewed by eastern attendant (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

satellite

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

'tea still brewed by eastern' is the wordplay.
'brewed' indicates an anagram.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'tea'+'still'='teastill'
'teastill' is an anagram of 'satellit'.
'satellit'+'e'='SATELLITE'

(Other definitions for satellite that I've seen before include "Body moving around a planet" , "Orbiter of planet" , "Communication device" , "important person's attendant" , "dependent community" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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