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Mug knocked over with hot drink left for Easter (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

paschal

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

'mug knocked over with hot drink left for' is the wordplay.
'mug' becomes 'sap'.
'knocked over' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'hot drink' becomes 'cha' (cha can mean tea).
'left for' becomes 'l' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sap' back-to-front is 'pas'.
'pas'+'cha'+'l'='PASCHAL'

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(Other definitions for paschal that I've seen before include "religious festival" , "Relating to Easter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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