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Team sets time aside for refreshments (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elevenses

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

'team sets time aside' is the wordplay.
'team' becomes 'eleven' (eleven is a kind of team).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'aside' indicates named letters should be taken away (some letters put aside).
'sets' with 't' removed is 'ses'.
'eleven'+'ses'='ELEVENSES'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for elevenses that I've seen before include "Early drink" , "Morning snack" , "tenses found immediately before this?" , "Morning refreshment break" , "energy getting second break" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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