Drinking a Tango he can’t stand (4)

I believe the answer is:

hate

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'can't stand' is the definition.

'drinking a tango he' is the wordplay.
'drinking' indicates putting letters inside.
'a tango' becomes 'T' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'he' becomes 'hae' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
't' put into 'hae' is 'HATE'.

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(Other definitions for hate that I've seen before include "Abominate" , "Odium" , "powerful emotion" , "Dislike intensely" , "Despise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.

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