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Chill with old American dope and a drink (3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ice tea

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'drink' is the definition.
(ice tea is a kind of drink)

'chill with old american dope and a' is the wordplay.
'chill' becomes 'ice' (icing is a kind of chilling).
'with old american dope' becomes 'te' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'ice'+'te'+'a'='ICE TEA'

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(Other definitions for ice tea that I've seen before include "refreshing drink" , "Cold summer drink" , "Chilled drink flavoured with lemon" , "Cool non-alcoholic drink" , "refresher" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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