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Belly could be advantage eating everything (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

balloon

'belly' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'advantage eating everything' is the wordplay.
'advantage' becomes 'boon' (both can mean a benefit or asset).
'eating' indicates putting letters inside.
'everything' becomes 'all' (all things).
'boon' enclosing 'all' is 'BALLOON'.

'could be' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for balloon that I've seen before include "Inflate" , "plaything" , "Swell, increase rapidly" , "Inflatable rubber bag, could be filled with hot air" , "One blown up for party" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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