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Child raised on hotel food (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nosh

'food' is the definition.
(nosh is a kind of food)

'child raised on hotel' is the wordplay.
'child' becomes 'son' (son is a kind of child**).
'raised' is a reversal indicator.
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'son' written backwards gives 'nos'.
'nos'+'h'='NOSH'

(Other definitions for nosh that I've seen before include "eating this?" , "cuisine" , "A slang meal" , "'Food, grub (4)'" , "Eats" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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