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Angel making girl eat cheese (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gabriel

'angel' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'girl eat cheese' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'gal' ('gal' can be a synonym of 'girl').
'eat' is an insertion indicator.
'cheese' becomes 'brie' (Brie is an example).
'gal' placed around 'brie' is 'GABRIEL'.

'making' is the link.

(Other definitions for gabriel that I've seen before include "Archangel and messenger of God" , "Trumpet-playing archangel who heralded good news" , "Man'" , "Chief guard of Paradise" , "The angel with a trumpet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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