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After a quarter hour, is prepared to feed you (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nourish

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'feed you' is the definition.
'nourish' can be an answer for 'feed' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'you' bit.

'after a quarter hour is prepared' is the wordplay.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a quarter' becomes 'n' (**).
'prepared' indicates an anagram.
'hour'+'is'='houris'
'houris' with letters rearranged gives 'ourish'.
'n' put next to 'ourish' is 'NOURISH'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for nourish that I've seen before include "Provide with food for growth" , "[OPPOSITE OF] starve" , "Give sustenance to" , "Feed - encourage to develop" , "Feed, nurture" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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