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50s child eating large loaf (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bloomer

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

'50s child eating large' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'large' could be 'l' (eg in clothes sizes) and 'l' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'boomer' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for bloomer that I've seen before include "Large slip" , "Big mistake" , "A slangy blunder or flower in blossom" , "Large loaf; or, a mistake" , "Crusty loaf" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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