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Wine and tea and endless joy (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chablis

'wine' is the definition.
(Chablis is an example)

'tea and endless joy' is the wordplay.
'tea' becomes 'cha' (cha is a type of tea).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'joy' becomes 'bliss' (I've seen this before).
'bliss' with its last letter removed is 'blis'.
'cha'+'blis'='CHABLIS'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for chablis that I've seen before include "Classic white wine from Burgundy" , "French dry white wine" , "French town noted for white Burgundy wines" , "Dry white Burgundy" , "Burgundy town and white wine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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