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Supervisor carrying tea for each one shortly (8)

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I believe the answer is:

chaperon

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

'tea for each one shortly' is the wordplay.
'tea' becomes 'cha' (cha is a type of tea).
'for each' becomes 'per' (I've seen this before).
'shortly' means to remove the last letter.
'one' with its last letter removed is 'on'.
'cha'+'per'+'on'='CHAPERON'

'carrying' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for chaperon that I've seen before include "Guardian" , "Duenna; look after" , "Woman supervising girl" , "One who accompanies and supervises" , "Escort" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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