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Aphrodisiac fare of novel sort? Yes (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oysters

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'aphrodisiac fare of novel sort? yes' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'novel sort? yes' is the wordplay.
'novel' indicates an anagram.
'sort'+'yes'='sortyes'
'sortyes' with letters rearranged gives 'OYSTERS'.

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(Other definitions for oysters that I've seen before include "Tasty bivalves, may contain pearls" , "Yet Ross can find the marine creatures" , "Shy people" , "Tasty pearl-producing bivalves" , "they get eaten by the dozen" .)

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