Workers collect delicious drink from this battered crate in city (7)

I believe the answer is:

nectary

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'workers collect delicious drink from this' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'battered crate in city' is the wordplay.
'battered' is an anagram indicator.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'city' becomes 'ny' (short for New York).
'crate' anagrammed gives 'ectar'.
'ectar' placed inside 'ny' is 'NECTARY'.

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