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Tenor leaving coffee behind (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

late

'behind' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'tenor leaving coffee' is the wordplay.
'tenor' becomes 't'.
'leaving' is a deletion indicator.
'coffee' becomes 'latte' (I've seen this before).
'latte' with 't' taken out is 'LATE'.

(Other definitions for late that I've seen before include "Recently deceased" , "Running behind time" , "near the end" , "Recently dead" , "Far on in the day" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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