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Daughters in coffee bar that's contemporary (6-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

latter-day

'contemporary' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'daughters in coffee bar' is the wordplay.
'daughters' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation for daughters).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'coffee' becomes 'latte' (type of coffee drink).
'bar' becomes 'ray' (both can mean a line of something, eg of light).
'latte'+'ray'='latteray'
'd' inserted within 'latteray' is 'LATTER-DAY'.

'that's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for latter-day that I've seen before include "Modern" , "Contemporary" , "Church of Jesus Christ of ... Saints" , "Mormons belong to The Church of the . . . . . .-. . . Saints" , "Belonging to recent times" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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