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Breakfast like small child eats (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

toast

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'breakfast' is the definition.
(toast is often eaten as breakfast)

'like small child eats' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'like' could be 'as' and 'as' is present in the answer.
'child' could be 'tot' (term for a young child) and 'tot' is located in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for toast that I've seen before include "Health drunk" , "Brown in front of a fire" , "Cheers" , "A bit of a bloomer, possibly" , "Warm, it may be eaten" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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