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Crowd in rear of cafe accordingly getting coffee (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

espresso

'coffee' is the definition.
(espresso is a kind of coffee)

'crowd in rear of cafe accordingly' is the wordplay.
'crowd' becomes 'press' (press is a kind of crowd**).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'rear of' indicates one should take the final letters.
'accordingly' becomes 'so' ('so' can be a synonym of 'accordingly').
The final letter of 'cafe' is 'e'.
'e'+'so'='eso'
'press' inserted into 'eso' is 'ESPRESSO'.

'getting' is the link.

(Other definitions for espresso that I've seen before include "Type of coffee" , "Kind of coffee made with steam" , "Coffee made under steam pressure" , "Italian-style coffee" , "Coffee drink" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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