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Tea with pita? Otherwise, spelt or flat bread (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chapati

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'flat bread' is the definition.
(chapati is a kind of flat bread)

'tea with pita? otherwise' is the wordplay.
'tea' becomes 'cha' (cha is a type of tea).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'otherwise' is an anagram indicator.
'pita' anagrammed gives 'pati'.
'cha'+'pati'='CHAPATI'

'spelt or' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for chapati that I've seen before include "I may be taken in with Indian" , "Indian food" , "Indian pancake" , "What Indian waiter might bring" , "Piece of bread (Indian)" .)

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