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American exits motorboat for meal (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lunch

'for meal' is the definition.
(lunch is a kind of meal)

'american exits motorboat' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'exits' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'motorboat' becomes 'launch' (launch is a kind of motorboat).
'launch' with 'a' taken out is 'LUNCH'.

(Another definition for lunch that I've seen is " Midday meal".)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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