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Attendant eats too much soup (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pottage

'soup' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'attendant eats too much' is the wordplay.
'attendant' becomes 'page' (page is a kind of attendant).
'eats' is an insertion indicator.
'too much' becomes 'ott' (short for 'over the top' - informal British).
'page' enclosing 'ott' is 'POTTAGE'.

(Another definition for pottage that I've seen is " Soup or stew".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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