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Time for a drink (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tea

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'a drink?' is the definition.
(tea is a drink)

'time for' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'for' becomes 'ea' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
't'+'ea'='TEA'

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(Other definitions for tea that I've seen before include "Refresher course" , "- - for Two (song)" , "and 18 Across: Utensils for afternoon meal" , "US party" , "For Japanese ceremony" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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