Crossword Genius

Block pub food receiving promotion (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

barricade

'block' is the definition.
('barricade' can be a synonym of 'block')

'pub food receiving promotion' is the wordplay.
'pub' becomes 'bar' (I've seen this before).
'food' becomes 'rice' (rice is a kind of food**).
'receiving' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'promotion' becomes 'ad' (ad is a kind of promotion).
'rice' enclosing 'ad' is 'ricade'.
'bar'+'ricade'='BARRICADE'

(Other definitions for barricade that I've seen before include "Barrier, to block a street perhaps" , "Roadblock perhaps" , "close up" , "Temporary obstruction" , "Block progress" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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