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Well, hot drink dispelled any hatred (4,3,6)

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I believe the answer is:

hale and hearty

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

'hot drink dispelled any hatred' is the wordplay.
'hot' becomes 'h' (abbreviation eg on taps).
'drink' becomes 'ale' (ale is a kind of drink).
'dispelled' indicates anagramming the letters.
'any'+'hatred'='anyhatred'
'anyhatred' is an anagram of 'andhearty'.
'h'+'ale'+'andhearty'='HALE AND HEARTY'

(Other definitions for hale and hearty that I've seen before include "In good shape" , "In excellent health" , "In good health" , "well" , "In good bodily condition" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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