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Addresses with no food supplies (8)

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I believe the answer is:

orations

'addresses' is the definition.
(oration is a kind of address)

'with no food supplies' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'no' becomes 'o' (resembles 0 - 'no' can mean 'zero').
'food supplies' becomes 'rations'.
'o' next to 'rations' is 'ORATIONS'.

(Other definitions for orations that I've seen before include "Formal speeches, often at funerals" , "Addresses" , "Elaborate formal speeches" , "Public declamatory speeches" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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