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Good victuals dear to the French out East (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cheer

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'good victuals' is the definition.
'cheer' can be an answer for 'victuals' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'good' bit.

'dear to the french out east' is the wordplay.
'dear to the french' becomes 'cher' ('dear' in French).
'out' is an insertion indicator.
'east' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'cher' placed around 'e' is 'CHEER'.

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(Other definitions for cheer that I've seen before include "Shout encouragingly" , "Give comfort or support to" , "Root" , "Merriment" , "Inspirit" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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