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Team oddly seeks refreshment (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elevenses

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

'team oddly seeks' is the wordplay.
'team' becomes 'eleven' (eleven is a kind of team).
'oddly' indicates alternate letters (letters in odd-numbered positions).
The alternating letters of 'seeks' are 'ses'.
'eleven'+'ses'='ELEVENSES'

(Other definitions for elevenses that I've seen before include "Mid-morning snack" , "Soccer teams" , "Mid-morning refreshment" , "Morning snack" , "Tea and biscuits, perhaps" .)

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