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Food, wine, rolls, soup (7)

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I believe the answer is:

chowder

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'soup' is the definition.
(chowder is a kind of soup)

'food wine rolls' is the wordplay.
'food' becomes 'chow' (chow can informally mean food).
'wine rolls' becomes 'der' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'chow'+'der'='CHOWDER'

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(Other definitions for chowder that I've seen before include "Fish soup for cowherd" , "dish in America" , "Thick fish stew" , "Rich soup with fish, clams etc." , "possible first course?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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