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Drink and diamonds affected date (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

iced tea

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

'diamonds affected date' is the wordplay.
'diamonds' becomes 'ice' (slang term for diamonds).
'affected' is an anagram indicator.
'date' is an anagram of 'dtea'.
'ice'+'dtea'='ICED TEA'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for iced tea that I've seen before include "Cold summer drink" , "Chilled drink" , "Cool drink" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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