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Will such water make tea, dear? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aerated

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'will such water make tea dear?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'make tea dear?' is the wordplay.
'make' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tea'+'dear'='teadear'
'teadear' with letters rearranged gives 'AERATED'.

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(Other definitions for aerated that I've seen before include "(Of liquid) charged with gas" , "Perturbed" , "As pop is" , "hot under the collar" , "pumped up" .)

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