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Almost all foodstuff taken from tree! Little monkey! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tamarin

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'little monkey' is the definition.
(tamarin is a type of monkey)

'almost all foodstuff taken from' is the wordplay.
'almost all foodstuff' becomes 'tamar' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'taken' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'from' becomes 'in' (I've seen this in other clues).
'tamar'+'in'='TAMARIN'

'tree' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for tamarin that I've seen before include "Small monkey of the marmoset family" , "Main art (anag) - monkey" .)

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