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Cheese produced is sent to the West (4)

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edam

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'cheese' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for edam that I've seen before include "Dutch 8 across" , "Yellow cheese with a red covering" , "something from the deli" , "Dutch food" , "Made into popular cheese" .)

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