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Consume stirred tea (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eat

'consume' is the definition.
(eating is a kind of consuming)

'stirred tea' is the wordplay.
'stirred' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tea' anagrammed gives 'EAT'.

(Other definitions for eat that I've seen before include "Ingest" , "Bit, chew and swallow" , "Have 23d [MEAL]" , "put away" , "Munch" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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