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Work with old craftsman, brewing tea (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cooperate

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'work' is the definition.
(cooperating is a kind of working)

'with old craftsman brewing tea' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'old craftsman' becomes 'cooper' (cooper is a kind of craftsman. I am not sure about the 'old' bit.).
'brewing' is an anagram indicator.
'tea' with letters rearranged gives 'ate'.
'cooper' inserted inside 'ate' is 'COOPERATE'.

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(Other definitions for cooperate that I've seen before include "fit in with others" , "Help" , "band together" , "Work together on a common enterprise" , "Play ball with" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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