Quietly take tea in outer Southall (5)

I believe the answer is:

steal

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'quietly take' is the definition.
'steal' can be an answer for 'take' (stealing is a kind of taking). I'm not sure about the 'quietly' bit.

'tea in outer southall' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'outer' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'southall' with its centre removed is 'sl'.
'tea' placed inside 'sl' is 'STEAL'.

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(Other definitions for steal that I've seen before include "Purloin" , "Creep" , "Nick" , "Lift - pocket" , "Shoplift" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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