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Big meal and no drink? Hard to tuck into that (4-2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nosh-up

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This clue might be a double definition.

'big meal' is the first definition.
'nosh-up' can be an answer for 'meal' (nosh-up is a kind of meal). I'm not certain of the 'big' bit.

'no drink? hard to tuck into that' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for nosh-up that I've seen before include "Large meal (informal)" , "Large meal (colloq.)" , "Satisfying meal" , "Big meal (slang)" , "Good meal (informal)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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