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Angry worker grabs one item of food (9)

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I believe the answer is:

croissant

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'item of food' is the definition.
'croissant' can be an answer for 'food' (croissant is a kind of food). I am unsure of the 'item of' bit.

'angry worker grabs one' is the wordplay.
'angry' becomes 'cross' (cross can mean annoyed or angry).
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
'grabs' indicates putting letters inside.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'cross'+'ant'='crossant'
'crossant' placed around 'i' is 'CROISSANT'.

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(Other definitions for croissant that I've seen before include "A rich crescrent-shaped bread roll" , "Breakfast pastry" , "Bread-roll" , "Breakfast roll" , "Tasty crescent-shaped French bread roll" .)

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