The educator had tea with an actress (7)

I believe the answer is:

teacher

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'the educator' is the definition.
(teacher is a kind of educator)

'tea with an actress' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'an actress' becomes 'cher' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'tea'+'cher'='TEACHER'

'had' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for teacher that I've seen before include "The race (anag.)" , "Hectare (anag)" , "The trainer" , "One who educates" , "Schoolmaster/mistress" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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