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Cafe and store to be installed in piece of land shortly (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

estaminet

'cafe' is the definition.
(I know that estaminet is a type of cafe)

'store to be installed in piece of land shortly' is the wordplay.
'store' becomes 'mine' (mine can mean a supply or store of something).
'to be installed in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'piece of land' becomes 'estate' (estate can mean an area of land).
'shortly' means to remove the last letter.
'estate' with its final letter taken away is 'estat'.
'mine' inserted within 'estat' is 'ESTAMINET'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for estaminet that I've seen before include "provides food and drink" , "eatery" , "bistro" , "Small French cafe" , "Neat items (anag) - small bar or cafe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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