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Tea-time waffle? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chat

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

'tea-time' is the wordplay.
'tea' becomes 'cha' (cha is a type of tea).
'time' becomes 't'.
'cha'+'t'='CHAT'

(Other definitions for chat that I've seen before include "Chew the fat" , "Talk familiarly" , "Chinwag" , "Talk casually" , "Gossip" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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