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Using such water, you could make dear tea! (7)

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I believe the answer is:

aerated

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'using such water you' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'make dear tea' is the wordplay.
'make' indicates an anagram.
'dear'+'tea'='deartea'
'deartea' is an anagram of 'AERATED'.

'could' is the link.

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(Other definitions for aerated that I've seen before include "hot under the collar" , "Ventilated" , "Mixed with air" , "(Of liquid) charged with gas" , "pumped up" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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