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After hash it's time for soup (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

potage

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'for soup' is the definition.
(potage is a kind of soup)

'after hash it's time' is the wordplay.
'after hash' becomes 'pot' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'it's time' becomes 'age' (an age is a period of time).
'pot'+'age'='POTAGE'

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(Other definitions for potage that I've seen before include "French soup, usually thick" , "that's thick" , "which is fairly thick" , "> sort of liquid nourishment" , "Thick, often creamy soup" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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