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Bread to crack when lunch may be taken (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chapati

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'bread' is the definition.
(I know that chapati is a type of Indian bread)

'crack when lunch may be taken' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'crack' could be 'chap' (chapping is a kind of cracking) and 'chap' is present in the answer.
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(Other definitions for chapati that I've seen before include "Sort of bread" , "I may be taken in with Indian" , "Unleavened bread of the subcontinent" , "Indian pancake" , "Piece of bread (Indian)" .)

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